Dash

Noun

 * 1)  Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
 * sometimes dash is also used colloquially to refer to a hyphen or minus sign.
 * 1) A short run.
 * 2) A small quantity of a liquid substance; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
 * Add a dash of vinegar
 * 1) A dashboard.
 * 2) * 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 31:
 * The dash clock said 2:38 when I turned off a dirt road.
 * 1) One of the two symbols of Morse code.

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:dash

Hypernyms

 * punctuation mark

Derived terms

 * dashing
 * dash off
 * em dash, en dash

Verb

 * 1)  To run quickly or for a short distance.
 * He dashed across the field.
 * 1)  To leave or depart.
 * I have to dash now. See you soon.
 * 1)  To destroy by striking (against).
 * He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.
 * 1) *1897,, Chapter 21
 * "`Silence! If you make a sound I shall take him and dash his brains out before your very eyes.'
 * 1) * 1912:, , Chapter 4
 * Kala was the youngest mate of a male called Tublat, meaning broken nose, and the child she had seen dashed to death was her first; for she was but nine or ten years old.
 * 1)  To throw violently.
 * The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.
 * 1)  To sprinkle; to splatter.
 * 2)  To ruin; to destroy.
 * Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.
 * 1)  To dishearten; to sadden.
 * Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.
 * 1)  To complete hastily, usually with down or off.
 * He dashed down his eggs, she dashed off her homework
 * 1) To draw quickly; jot
 * 2) * 1922,,  Chapter 1
 * "Scarborough," Mrs. Flanders wrote on the envelope, and dashed a bold line beneath; it was her native town; the hub of the universe.

Interjection

 * 1)  Damn!

Adjectives for Dash
final; blind; despairing; fiery; flying; headlong; inadvertent; tremendous; meaningful; splendid; giddy; joyous; brilliant; surreptitious; eloquent; refreshing; gallant; rosy.

Adverbs for Dash
gently; aimlessly; turbulently; hurriedly; immediately; madly; blindly; inadvertently; despairingly; splendidly; joyously; gallantly; eagerly; anxiously; furiously; victoriously; unrestrainedly; violently.

Thesaurus
Le Mans, 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, 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

Noun

 * Arabic: شحطة, شرطة
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 破折號, 破折号
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: streepje, koppelteken
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: ダッシュ
 * Macedonian: црта,
 * Norwegian: bindestrek
 * Polish: myślnik, półpauza (en dash), pauza  (as em dash)
 * Portuguese: travessão
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, guión largo
 * Welsh: ystremp, ystrempiau


 * Bulgarian: втурване, спринт
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Greek: εξόρμηση, έφοδος
 * Japanese: 疾走
 * Polish:
 * Russian: спринт, бросок
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,


 * Dutch: scheutje
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Polish:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * Greek: ,
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * Bulgarian: втурвам се, спринтирам
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: syöksähtää, syöksyä,


 * French: se précipiter
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: lanzarse


 * Bulgarian: напускам
 * Finnish:


 * Polish:, lecieć


 * Dutch:


 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: разбивам
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: хвърлям
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish: ,


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:, murskaantua


 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: обезкуражавам
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: snel afhaspelen, snel afmaken
 * Finnish:


 * Spanish: hacer rapidamente

Interjection

 * Dutch: verdorie!


 * Finnish: ,

Anagrams

 * dahs
 * Sadh
 * shad

Noun

 * 1) dash