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")

Overview of adj dashing

The adj dashing has 2 senses

• dashing, gallant -- (lively and spirited; "a dashing hero")


• dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce -- (marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat")