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Quick definitions from WordNet (dash)
▸ noun: a quick run
▸ noun: the act of moving with great haste ("He made a dash for the door")
▸ noun: distinctive and stylish elegance ("He wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer")
▸ noun: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
▸ 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
▸ verb: destroy or break ("Dashed ambitions and hopes")
▸ verb: add an enlivening or altering element to ("Blue paint dashed with white")
▸ verb: run or move very quickly or hastily ("She dashed into the yard")
▸ verb: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
▸ verb: hurl or thrust violently ("He dashed the plate against the wall")
▸ verb: cause to lose courage ("Dashed by the refusal")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #7683)
▸ Also see dashs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to dash
▸ Usage examples for dash
▸ Popular adjectives describing dash
▸ Words that often appear near dash
▸ Rhymes of dash
▸ Invented words related to dash
▸ noun: a quick run
▸ noun: the act of moving with great haste ("He made a dash for the door")
▸ noun: distinctive and stylish elegance ("He wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer")
▸ noun: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
▸ 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
▸ verb: destroy or break ("Dashed ambitions and hopes")
▸ verb: add an enlivening or altering element to ("Blue paint dashed with white")
▸ verb: run or move very quickly or hastily ("She dashed into the yard")
▸ verb: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
▸ verb: hurl or thrust violently ("He dashed the plate against the wall")
▸ verb: cause to lose courage ("Dashed by the refusal")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #7683)
▸ Also see dashs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to dash
▸ Usage examples for dash
▸ Popular adjectives describing dash
▸ Words that often appear near dash
▸ Rhymes of dash
▸ Invented words related to dash