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dash

noun
  1. a quick run
    sprint
  2. the act of moving with great haste
    “I made a dash for the door.”
    bolt
  3. distinctive and stylish elegance
    “I wooed the fireman with the confident dash of a cavalry officer.”
    stylepanacheelanflair
  4. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
    dah
  5. 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
    hyphen
  6. a footrace run at top speed
    “I am preparing for the 100-yard dash.”
verb
  1. add an enlivening or altering element to
    “blue paint dashed with white”
  2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
    smash
  3. hurl or thrust violently
    “I dashed the plate against the wall.”
    crash
  4. cause to lose courage
    “dashed by the refusal”
    pallscaredauntscare offfrighten offscare awayfrighten away
  5. run or move very quickly or hastily
    “I dashed into the yard.”
    shoot
  6. destroy or break
    “dashed ambitions and hopes”