'DASH' definitions:
Definition of 'dash'
(from WordNet)
noun
Distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan, flair, panache, style]
noun
A quick run [syn: dash, sprint]
noun
A footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
noun
A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text [syn: hyphen, dash]
noun
The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code [syn: dash, dah]
noun
The act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" [syn: dash, bolt]
verb
Run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot]
verb
Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate" [syn: smash, dash]
verb
Hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" [syn: crash, dash]
verb
Destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
verb
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare]
verb
Add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"
Definition of 'Dash'
From: GCIDE
- Dash \Dash\ (d[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]
- 1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. [1913 Webster]
- If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. --Ps. ii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To perplex and dash Maturest counsels. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture. [1913 Webster]
- I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- The very source and fount of day Is dashed with wandering isles of night. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dash'
From: GCIDE
- Dash \Dash\, v. i. To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks. [1913 Webster]
- [He] dashed through thick and thin. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- On each hand the gushing waters play, And down the rough cascade all dashing fall. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dash'
From: GCIDE
- Dash \Dash\, n.
- 1. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple. [1913 Webster]
- Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain. [1913 Webster]
- She takes upon her bravely at first dash. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Energy in style or action; animation; spirit. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. [Low] [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Punctuation) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis. --John Wilson. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Mus.) (a) The sign of staccato, a small mark [?] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner. (b) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Racing) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dash'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abruptly,
- aggressiveness,
- air race,
- animation,
- ardor,
- asperge,
- automobile race,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- band,
- bang,
- bar,
- bash,
- bat,
- be poised,
- beat,
- beat down,
- beating,
- bedew,
- belt,
- bespatter,
- besprinkle,
- betrayed hope,
- bicycle race,
- biff,
- bilk,
- billow,
- bit,
- blast,
- blasted expectation,
- blatancy,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blazon,
- blemish,
- blight,
- blighted hope,
- blotch,
- blow,
- boat race,
- boil,
- bolt,
- bonk,
- bound,
- bowl,
- brand,
- brave,
- bravura,
- brazenness,
- break,
- brilliancy,
- brio,
- buffet,
- bundle,
- burst,
- burst of speed,
- bustle,
- canter,
- career,
- cast,
- cast down,
- catapult,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- challenge,
- charge,
- chase,
- check,
- check off,
- checkmate,
- chop,
- chuck,
- chunk,
- cicatrize,
- circumvent,
- clap,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- colorfulness,
- comb,
- comedown,
- confound,
- confront,
- contest of speed,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- crack,
- crash,
- cross,
- cross-country race,
- cross-hatching,
- crowd,
- crudeness,
- cruel disappointment,
- crush,
- cut,
- dabble,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dampen the spirits,
- dapple,
- daring,
- darken,
- dart,
- dash off,
- dash on,
- dashed hope,
- dazzle,
- dazzlingness,
- dead run,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- defeat,
- defeat expectation,
- define,
- defy,
- deject,
- delimit,
- delineation,
- demarcate,
- demonstration,
- demoralize,
- depress,
- derby,
- destroy,
- dew,
- diagonal,
- dig,
- dint,
- disappoint,
- disappointment,
- discolor,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- discourage,
- dish,
- dishearten,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- dispirit,
- display,
- disrupt,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissatisfy,
- dog race,
- dogtrot,
- dot,
- dotted line,
- double-time,
- douche,
- drag race,
- dramatics,
- drive,
- drop,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drumming,
- ebb and flow,
- eclat,
- elan,
- elude,
- endurance race,
- energy,
- engrave,
- enterprise,
- esprit,
- etalage,
- exhibition,
- exhibitionism,
- extravagance,
- extravaganza,
- extravagation,
- failure,
- fallen countenance,
- false front,
- fanfaronade,
- fervor,
- festinate,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- fiasco,
- figure,
- fire,
- fizzle,
- flagrancy,
- flair,
- flamboyance,
- flank speed,
- flashiness,
- flat-out speed,
- flaunt,
- flaunting,
- fleck,
- fling,
- flip,
- flourish,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- flutter,
- fly,
- foil,
- foiling,
- footrace,
- force,
- forced draft,
- fork,
- forlorn hope,
- fragment,
- freckle,
- frustrate,
- frustration,
- full gallop,
- fusillade,
- gaiety,
- gallop,
- garishness,
- gash,
- gaudery,
- gaudiness,
- get going,
- get moving,
- get-up-and-go,
- ginger,
- glare,
- gleam,
- glitter,
- gorgeousness,
- hachure,
- hairline,
- hand gallop,
- haste,
- hasten,
- hastily,
- hatch,
- hatching,
- headlong rush,
- heat,
- heave,
- heavy right foot,
- helter-skelter,
- hie,
- high lope,
- hint,
- histrionics,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- hope deferred,
- hose,
- hose down,
- humect,
- humectate,
- humidify,
- hump,
- hump it,
- hurdle race,
- hurl,
- hurry,
- hurry on,
- hurry through,
- hurry up,
- hurry-scurry,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- idea,
- impetuously,
- impress,
- impression,
- impressiveness,
- imprint,
- impulsively,
- infusion,
- initiative,
- inkling,
- intensity,
- intimation,
- irrigate,
- jab,
- jauntiness,
- jazziness,
- jerk,
- jog trot,
- kick,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- knock the chocks,
- lance,
- lap,
- lash,
- launch,
- Le Mans,
- leap,
- let down,
- let fly,
- let have it,
- letdown,
- lick,
- life,
- lift,
- like a flash,
- like a thunderbolt,
- line,
- lineation,
- liveliness,
- lob,
- look,
- lope,
- lose no time,
- loudness,
- lower,
- lower the spirits,
- luridness,
- make a mark,
- make haste,
- manifestation,
- marathon,
- marathon race,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- match race,
- maximum speed,
- meretriciousness,
- might,
- mirage,
- moisten,
- motorcycle race,
- mottle,
- move quickly,
- nick,
- nip,
- nonplus,
- notch,
- obliterate,
- obstacle race,
- obtrusiveness,
- of a sudden,
- on short notice,
- oomph,
- open throttle,
- oppress,
- overcome,
- paddle,
- pageant,
- pageantry,
- panache,
- parade,
- pass,
- paste,
- peak,
- peg,
- pelt,
- pencil,
- pep,
- pepper,
- perplex,
- piece,
- pinch,
- piquancy,
- piss and vinegar,
- pitch,
- pitchfork,
- pizzazz,
- plop,
- plump,
- plunge,
- plunk,
- poignancy,
- point,
- poke,
- poop,
- pop,
- popple,
- post,
- potato race,
- pound,
- power,
- precipitantly,
- precipitately,
- precipitously,
- press down,
- press on,
- prick,
- print,
- prostrate,
- psych out,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- pungency,
- push,
- push on,
- put,
- put the shot,
- race,
- raciness,
- rap,
- regatta,
- relay,
- relay race,
- riddle,
- rise,
- rise and fall,
- road race,
- roll,
- ruin,
- run,
- rush,
- rush through,
- sabotage,
- sack race,
- sadden,
- sauce,
- scamper,
- scar,
- scarify,
- scend,
- scintilla,
- scoot,
- score,
- scotch,
- scour,
- scramble,
- scratch,
- scribble,
- scud,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- seal,
- seam,
- seasoning,
- send,
- sensationalism,
- serve,
- setback,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shake,
- sham,
- shamelessness,
- sharp,
- shatter,
- shiver,
- shoot,
- show,
- showiness,
- showing-off,
- shy,
- sink,
- sip,
- skedaddle,
- skin,
- slam,
- slap,
- slash,
- sling,
- slobber,
- slog,
- slop,
- slosh,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smattering,
- smell,
- smidgen,
- smidgin,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- sore disappointment,
- soupcon,
- sparge,
- spark,
- sparkle,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- spectacle,
- speed,
- speedway race,
- spice,
- spike,
- spirit,
- splash,
- splatter,
- split,
- splotch,
- splurge,
- spoil,
- sponge,
- sportiness,
- spot,
- spray,
- spring,
- sprinkle,
- sprinkling,
- sprint,
- sprint race,
- spunk,
- spurt,
- staginess,
- stain,
- stamp,
- starch,
- startlingly,
- step on it,
- stigmatize,
- stock-car race,
- stonewall,
- streak,
- streaking,
- strength,
- striate,
- striation,
- strike,
- strike at,
- strip,
- stripe,
- striping,
- stroke,
- stump,
- style,
- sublineation,
- sudden,
- suddenly,
- suggestion,
- sup,
- surge,
- surprisingly,
- suspicion,
- swash,
- swat,
- swell,
- swing,
- swipe,
- syringe,
- tad,
- taint,
- tantalization,
- tantalize,
- taste,
- tattoo,
- tawdriness,
- tear,
- tease,
- tempering,
- theatrics,
- thought,
- three-legged race,
- throw,
- thrust,
- thump,
- thwack,
- thwart,
- tick,
- tick off,
- tilt,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- torch race,
- toss,
- touch,
- trace,
- track race,
- trifle,
- trot,
- unawares,
- unbrace,
- underline,
- underlining,
- underscore,
- underscoring,
- undo,
- undulate,
- unexpectedly,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstring,
- upset,
- vaunt,
- vehemence,
- verve,
- vestige,
- vigor,
- vim,
- virgule,
- vivacity,
- vividness,
- vulgarness,
- walk,
- wallop,
- water,
- wave,
- weigh heavy upon,
- weigh upon,
- wet,
- wet down,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop,
- wide-open speed,
- without notice,
- without warning,
- yacht race,
- yerk,
- zest,
- zing,
- zip
Acronyms for 'dash'
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