Overview of noun dash

The noun dash has 6 senses

• dash, elan, flair, panache, style -- (distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer")


• dash, sprint -- (a quick run)


• dash -- (a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash")


• hyphen, dash -- (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)


• dash, dah -- (the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code)


• dash, bolt -- (the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door")

Overview of verb dash

The verb dash has 6 senses

• dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot -- (run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard")


• smash, dash -- (break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate")


• crash, dash -- (hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock")


• dash -- (destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes")


• daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare -- (cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal")


• dash -- (add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white")