|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

dash

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: dash

1
 vn
run or move very quickly or hastily
a quick run
2
 v
hurl or thrust violently
3
 v
cause to lose courage
4
 vn
add an enlivening or altering element to
distinctive and stylish elegance
5
 n
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
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: dash
1

v run or move very quickly or hastily

“She dashed into the yard”
Synonyms:
dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot
buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear
move quickly and violently
Types:
plunge
dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
Type of:
belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it
move fast

n a quick run

Synonyms:
sprint
Types:
break
a sudden dash
fast break
(basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball
Type of:
run, running
the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace

n the act of moving with great haste

“he made a dash for the door”
Synonyms:
bolt
Type of:
haste, hurry, rush, rushing
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

n a footrace run at top speed

“he is preparing for the 100-yard dash”
Type of:
track event
a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor)
2

v hurl or thrust violently

“He dashed the plate against the wall”
“Waves were dashing against the rock”
Synonyms:
crash
Type of:
cast, hurl, hurtle
throw forcefully

v destroy or break

“dashed ambitions and hopes”
Type of:
baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

v break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

Synonyms:
smash
smash
break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
Types:
blast, knock down
shatter as if by explosion
Type of:
break
destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
3

v cause to lose courage

“dashed by the refusal”
Synonyms:
daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off
Type of:
intimidate, restrain
to compel or deter by or as if by threats
4

v add an enlivening or altering element to

“blue paint dashed with white”
Type of:
mix, mix in
add as an additional element or part

n distinctive and stylish elegance

“he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer”
Synonyms:
elan, flair, panache, style
Type of:
elegance
a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
5

n 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

Synonyms:
hyphen
Type of:
punctuation, punctuation mark
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

n the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Synonyms:
dah
Type of:
radiotelegraphic signal, telegraphic signal
a signal transmitted by telegraphy
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES