1. Run or move very quickly or hastily
   "She dashed into the yard";
   - dart, scoot [informal], scud, flash, shoot, whip [informal]
    
2. Hurl or thrust violently
   "Waves were dashing against the rock"; "He dashed the plate against the wall";
   - crash
    
3. Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
   "dash a plate";
   - smash
    
4. Destroy or frustrate hopes, expectations, or plans
   "dashed ambitions and hopes"
    
5. Add an enlivening or altering element to
   "blue paint dashed with white"

1. A quick run
   "The athlete's final dash secured her victory in the race";
   - sprint
    
2. The act of moving with great haste
   "he made a dash for the door";
   - bolt
    
3. A footrace run at top speed
   "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
    
4. Distinctive and stylish elegance
   "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer";
   - elan, flair, panache, style, élan
    
5. 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
   "The phrase 'self-esteem' is written with a dash";
   - hyphen
    
6. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
   "The sequence of dits and dashes spelled out the SOS message";
   - dah
    
7. [informal] Instrument panel on an automobile or aeroplane containing dials and controls
   "The new model featured a sleek dash design";
   - dashboard, fascia [Brit], facia [Brit]
    
8. A small quantity of a liquid, esp. when being added to something else
   "add a dash of brandy"

1. Exclamation of annoyance
   "dash ...They won't stop me from having what I want"";
   - blast, bother [Brit], botheration, bummer [informal], curses, dang [N. Amer, informal], damn, damnation, dammit [informal], damn it [informal], darn [informal], deuce [informal], durn [US, dialect], drat [informal], hang [informal], sugar [informal], tarnation [N. Amer, informal], shoot [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: dashes, dashing, dashed

Type of: baffle, barrel [informal], belt [informal], belt along [informal], bilk [informal], board, break, bucket [informal], bucket along [informal], cast, control board, control panel, cross, elegance, elegancy [archaic], foil, frustrate, haste, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, hurl, hurry, hurtle, instrument panel, mix, mix in, panel, pelt [informal], pelt along [informal], punctuation, punctuation mark [Brit], queer [informal], race, radiotelegraphic signal, rocket [informal], run, running, rush, rush along, rushing, scotch, scupper [informal], speed, spoil, step on it [informal], telegraphic signal, thwart, track event, travel rapidly, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], wing [informal], zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal]

Part of: international Morse code, Morse, Morse code

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