dash

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Any of the following symbols

   Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).

2. 2

   The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.

3. 3

   A short run, flight.

   • When the feds came they did the dash.
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   1. 4

      A rushing or violent onset.

      • The oar squeaks, a dash sound like moon-hustle on the river:
   2. 5

      Violent strike

      Violent strike; a whack.

   3. 6

      A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.

      A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

      • Add a dash of vinegar.
   4. 7

      A slight admixture.

      • There is a dash of craziness in his personality.
   5. 8

      Ostentatious vigor.

      • Aren't we full of dash this morning?
   6. 9

      A bribe or gratuity

      A bribe or gratuity; a gift.

      • The traditional practice of offering gifts or "dash" to chiefs has often been misinterpreted by scholars to provide a cultural explanation for the pervasive incidence of bribery and corruption in modern Africa.
      • The only other times you'll be asked for a dash is from beggars.
   7. 10

      A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)

      • Who the dash is this person whom none of us know? and what the dash does he do here?
   8. 11

      Ellipsis of dashboard.

      • The dash clock said 2:38 when[…] I turned off a dirt road[…].
   9. 12

      A prime symbol.

   10. 13

       To run quickly or for a short distance.

       • He dashed across the field.
       • As our train to Paris dashed through the labyrynthine flyovers at Porchefontaine, barely a mile from Versailles, the 75 m.p.h. limit was already almost attained.
   11. 14

       To leave or depart.

       • I have to dash now. See you soon.
   12. 15

       To destroy by striking (against).

       • He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.
       • There were the tawny rocks, like lions couchant, defying the ocean, whose waves incessantly dashed against and scoured them with vast quantities of gravel.
       • Silence! If you make a sound I shall take him and dash his brains out before your very eyes.
   13. 16

       To throw violently.

       • The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.
       • If you dash a stone against a stone in the bottom of the water, it maketh a sound.
       • The rooks are blown about the skies; The forest crack’d, the waters curl’d, ⁠The cattle huddled on the lea; ⁠And wildly dash’d on tower and tree The sunbeam strikes along the world: […]
   14. 17

       To sprinkle

       To sprinkle; to splatter.

       • On each hand the gushing waters play, / And down the rough cascade white-dashing fall.
       • The very source and fount of Day Is dash’d with wandering isles of night.
       • [W]hen I draw any faulty character, I consider all those persons to whom the malice of the world may possibly apply it, and take care to dash it with such particular circumstances as may prevent all such ill-natured applications.
   15. 18

       To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.

       • to dash wine with water
   16. 19

       To ruin

       To ruin; to destroy.

       • Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.
       • Arsenal's hopes of starting their Champions League campaign with an away win were dashed when substitute Ivan Perisic's superb late volley rescued a point for Borussia Dortmund.
   17. 20

       To dishearten

       To dishearten; to sadden.

       • Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.
   18. 21

       To complete hastily.

       • He dashed down his eggs.
       • She dashed off her homework.
   19. 22

       To draw or write quickly

       To draw or write quickly; jot.

       • "Scarborough," Mrs. Flanders wrote on the envelope, and dashed a bold line beneath; it was her native town; the hub of the universe.
       • Going out the door, he grabbed a windbreaker and dashed a note to his father and left it on the entry table.
   20. 23

       Damn (in forming oaths).

       • Dash his impudence! Who is that scoundrel?
   21. 24

       Damn!

   22. 25

       A topographic surname.

   23. 26

       A male given name transferred from the surname.

   24. 27

       Acronym of Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP.

   25. 28

       Acronym of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.

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• neighborfraction slash
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