dash

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/dæʃ/

noun 5verb 5name 4intj 1

Collocations

(noun.) sudden quick movement

ADJ

quick, sudden | frantic, headlong, mad | final, last-minute

VERB + DASH

make

PREP

~ across

She made a quick dash across the street when she saw her friend on the other side.

~ for

When the rain started, everyone made a dash for the nearest shelter.

~ from, ~ through

She made a dash from the burning building and ran toward safety.

~ to

She grabbed her keys and made a quick dash to the airport to catch her flight.

(noun.) small amount of sth

VERB + DASH

add

She added a dash of salt to make the soup taste better.

PREP

~ of

The recipe calls for a dash of vanilla extract to enhance the chocolate flavor.

(verb.) go/run quickly

ADV

frantically

about, around, back, forward, off, out

She dashed out of the house when she heard the fire alarm.

VERB + DASH

have to, must

I have to dash now because my bus arrives in five minutes.

PREP

across, along, down, in, into, out of, through, to, up

She dashed into the kitchen when she heard the smoke alarm go off.

(verb.) destroy sth

ADV

quickly

cruelly

When the game was cancelled, the team's dreams of winning the championship were cruelly dashed.

Definitions

noun

Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).

The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.

A short run, flight.

When the feds came they did the dash.

A rushing or violent onset.

The oar squeaks, a dash sound like moon-hustle on the river:

verb

To run quickly or for a short distance.

He dashed across the field.

As our train to Paris dashed through the labyrynthine flyovers at Porchefontaine, barely a mile from Versailles, the 75 m.p.h. limit was already almost attained.

To leave or depart.

I have to dash now. See you soon.

To destroy by striking (against).

He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.

There were the tawny rocks, like lions couchant, defying the ocean, whose waves incessantly dashed against and scoured them with vast quantities of gravel.

To throw violently.

The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.

If you dash a stone against a stone in the bottom of the water, it maketh a sound.

To sprinkle; to splatter.

On each hand the gushing waters play, / And down the rough cascade white-dashing fall.

The very source and fount of Day Is dash’d with wandering isles of night.

intj

Damn!

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a quick run

sprint

noun — the act of moving with great haste

bolt

noun — distinctive and stylish elegance

noun — the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

noun — a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word

hyphen

verb — break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

smash

verb — hurl or thrust violently

crash

verb — cause to lose courage

verb — run or move very quickly or hastily

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

dash off

To leave a place quickly or briefly.

I have to dash off to the store, but I'll be back soon.

cut a dash

To make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression.

dash someone's hopes

To undercut or undermine someone's dreams or aspirations.

do the dash

To hurriedly part with one’s current location, to escape, to flee the scene.

Example Bank

When the feds came they did the dash.

Wiktionary

The oar squeaks, a dash sound like moon-hustle on the river:

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They say that I’m way too cold, I never get tired of rappin My word is bang where I come from Watch be one work is magic Do it and dash it Smile on MAT No way this peng one acting Who got whacked and

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He dashed across the field.

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As our train to Paris dashed through the labyrynthine flyovers at Porchefontaine, barely a mile from Versailles, the 75 m.p.h. limit was already almost attained.

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I have to dash now. See you soon.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, dash is marked as informal, figuratively, euphemistic, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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