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dash 1
(dăsh)v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es
v.intr.
1. To move with haste; rush: dashed into the room; dashed down the hall.
2. To strike violently; smash: waves dashing on the rocks.
v.tr.
1.
a. To break or smash by striking violently: The ship was dashed upon the rocks.
b. To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence: dashed the cup against the wall.
c. To remove by striking or wiping: dash tears from one's face.
2. To splash; bespatter: dash water on one's face.
3.
a. To write hastily. Often used with off: dashed off a note to the dean.
b. To drink hastily. Often used with down: dashed down a glass of milk.
4.
a. To add an enlivening or altering element to: a speech dashed with humor.
b. To affect by adding another element or ingredient to: ice cream that was dashed with rum.
5.
a. To destroy or wreck: Our hopes were dashed by the news. See Synonyms at blast.
b. To discourage or dispirit: "This discouraging information a little dashed the child" (Charles Dickens).
n.
1. A swift, violent blow or stroke: knocked the books to the floor with an impatient dash of his hand.
2.
a. A splash: threw a dash of water on my face.
b. A small amount of an added ingredient: a dash of sherry.
3. A quick stroke, as with a pencil or brush.
4. A sudden movement; a rush: made a dash for the exit.
5. Sports A footrace, usually less than a quarter-mile long, run at top speed from the outset.
6. A spirited quality in action or style; verve. See Synonyms at vigor.
7. Either of two symbols, an emdash or an endash, used in writing and in printing.
8. In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.
9. A dashboard.
[Middle English dashen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish daske, to beat.]
dash 2
(dăsh)tr.v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es
To damn.
[Alteration of damn.]
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dash
(dæʃ)vb (mainly tr)
1. to hurl; crash: he dashed the cup to the floor; the waves dashed against the rocks.
2. to mix: white paint dashed with blue.
3. (intr) to move hastily or recklessly; rush: he dashed to her rescue.
4. (usually foll by: off or down) to write (down) or finish (off) hastily
5. to destroy; frustrate: his hopes were dashed.
6. to daunt (someone); cast down; discourage: he was dashed by her refusal.
n
7. a sudden quick movement; dart
8. a small admixture: coffee with a dash of cream.
9. a violent stroke or blow
10. the sound of splashing or smashing: the dash of the waves.
11. panache; style: he rides with dash.
12. cut a dash See cut33
13. (Grammar) the punctuation mark —, used singly in place of a colon, esp to indicate a sudden change of subject or grammatical anacoluthon, or in pairs to enclose a parenthetical remark
14. (Communications & Information) the symbol (–) used, in combination with the symbol dot (·), in the written representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes. Compare dah
15. (Athletics (Track & Field)) athletics another word (esp US and Canadian) for sprint
16. (Automotive Engineering) informal short for dashboard
[Middle English dasche, dasse]
dash
(dæʃ)dash
(dæʃ)n
a gift, commission, tip, or bribe
vb
to give (a dash) to someone
[C16: perhaps from Fanti]
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dash1
(dæʃ)v.t.
1. to strike or smash violently, esp. so as to break to pieces: to dash a plate against a wall.
2. to throw or thrust violently or suddenly: to dash one stone against another.
3. to splash, often violently; bespatter, as with water or mud.
4. to apply roughly: to dash paint on a wall.
5. to mix by adding another substance: wine dashed with water.
6. to ruin or frustrate: The rain dashed our hopes.
7. to depress; dispirit: The failure dashed my spirits.
v.i. 8. to strike with violence: waves dashing against the cliff.
9. to move with violence; rush: to dash around the corner.
10. dash off,
n. a. to hurry away.
b. Also, dash down. do hastily: to dash off a letter.
11. a small quantity of something: a dash of salt.
12. a hasty or sudden movement: to make a dash for the door.
13. a mark or sign ( - ) used variously in printed or written matter, esp. to note a break, pause, or hesitation, to begin and end parenthetic text, to indicate omission of letters or words, to substitute for certain uses of the colon, and to separate elements of a sentence or series of sentences, as a question from its answer.
14. the splashing of liquid against something.
15. the sound of such splashing.
16. spirited action; élan; vigor in action or style: to perform with spirit and dash.
17. a short race: the 100-yard dash.
19. a signal of longer duration than a dot, used in groups of dots, dashes, and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.
20. a hasty stroke, esp. of a pen.
21. Archaic. a violent and rapid blow or stroke.
[1250–1300; Middle English dasshen]
dash2
(dæʃ)v.t. Chiefly Brit.
to damn (usu. used interjectionally).
[1790–1800; euphemism based on d - n, printed form of damn]
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Dash
a small quantity thrown in or mingled with a larger mass or amount.Examples: dash of good blood in their veins, 1712; of brandy, 1697; of commuters—Lipton, 1970; of eccentricity, 1820; of evil, 1678; of my former life, 1611; of light, 1713; of the ocean, 1784; of rain, 1700; of water, 1677.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
dash
Past participle: dashed
Gerund: dashing
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dash
A punctuation mark like a long hyphen, used, for example, to indicate a change of the subject or introduce a further statement.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
Dash
A panel at the front of a buggy or surrey body to keep mud from splashing onto the occupants. Similar to an automobile dash.
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| Noun | 1. |  dash - distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" |
| 2. |  dash - a quick run running, run - the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" break - a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door" | |
| 3. | dash - a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash" track event - a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor) | |
| 4. |  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 textpunctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases | |
| 5. | dash - the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code international Morse code, Morse, Morse code - a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) radiotelegraphic signal, telegraphic signal - a signal transmitted by telegraphy | |
| 6. | dash - the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" | |
| Verb | 1. | dash - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" plunge - dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly" shoot down, tear, buck, charge, shoot - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hasten - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
| 2. | dash - break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate" smash - break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed" break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" knock down, blast - shatter as if by explosion | |
| 3. | dash - hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" | |
| 4. | dash - destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes" | |
| 5. | dash - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" intimidate, restrain - to compel or deter by or as if by threats | |
| 6. | dash - add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white" |
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dash
verb
1. rush, run, race, shoot, fly, career, speed, spring, tear, bound, hurry, barrel (along) (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), sprint, bolt, dart, hasten, scurry, haste, stampede, burn rubber (informal), make haste, hotfoot Suddenly she dashed out into the garden.
rush walk, crawl, dawdle
rush walk, crawl, dawdle
noun
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dash
verb1. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm:
Informal: fire.
3. To move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.
Chiefly British: nip.
Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.
1. A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner:
animation, bounce, brio, élan, esprit, life, liveliness, pertness, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vivaciousness, vivacity, zip.
Slang: oomph.
2. A tiny amount:
bit, crumb, dab, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit.
Chiefly British: spot.
3. A slight amount or indication:
breath, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper.
Informal: whisker.
5. A quality of active mental and physical forcefulness:
Informal: snap.
Idiom: vim and vigor.
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Translations
إنْدِفاعفاصِلَه خَطِّيَّه قَصيرَهكَمِّيّه صَغيرَههِمَّه، نَشاط، حَيَوِيَّهيُخَيِّبُ الآمال
pomlčkaroztříštitsprintuhánětúprk
farefutgoknusekyle
sprintisprinto
ajatusviivahutaistarynnätä
jurnuti
gondolatjelkötőjelnekivágveti magát
brjótagera aî engukasta í, slá viîòankastrikòjóta
突進する
돌진하다
brūkšnelisišdumtimadingaspuolimassviesti
domuzīmedrāšanāsdrāz-tiesmešanāsmest
pomlčkaroztrieštiť
hiter premikhiter tekplanitipohitetisunek
störta
ถลาไปอย่างรวดเร็ว
atılmaatılmakazıcıkbir tutamcanlılık
lao tới
dash
[dæʃ]A. N
1. (= small quantity) [of liquid] → gota f, chorrito m; [of salt, pepper] → pizca f; [of colour] → toque m
with a dash of soda → con una gota or un chorrito de sifón
with a dash of soda → con una gota or un chorrito de sifón
2. (= punctuation mark) (also Morse) → raya f
3. (= rush) → carrera f
there was a mad dash for the exit → todos se precipitaron hacia la salida
to make a dash at or towards → precipitarse hacia
we had to make a dash for it → tuvimos que salir corriendo
there was a mad dash for the exit → todos se precipitaron hacia la salida
to make a dash at or towards → precipitarse hacia
we had to make a dash for it → tuvimos que salir corriendo
6. (Aut) = dashboard
B. VT
C. VI
2. (= rush) → ir de prisa, precipitarse
to dash away/back → salir/volver corriendo
to dash in/out → entrar/salir disparado
to dash past → pasar como un rayo
to dash up [person] → llegar corriendo; [car] → llegar a toda velocidad
I must dash → me voy corriendo
to dash away/back → salir/volver corriendo
to dash in/out → entrar/salir disparado
to dash past → pasar como un rayo
to dash up [person] → llegar corriendo; [car] → llegar a toda velocidad
I must dash → me voy corriendo
D. EXCL dash it (all)! (o.f.) → ¡demontre!, ¡porras!
dash off
B. VI + ADV → salir corriendo, marcharse apresuradamente
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dash
[ˈdæʃ] n
(= punctuation) → tiret m
(= small quantity) [lemon juice, milk] → goutte f, larme f
a dash of cream → un peu de crème
a dash of soda → un peu d'eau gazeuse
a dash of cream → un peu de crème
a dash of soda → un peu d'eau gazeuse
(= rush) to make a dash for somewhere → se précipiter quelque part
He made a dash for the door → Il se précipita vers la porte.
to make a dash for it (= try to escape) → prendre ses jambes à son cou
He made a dash for the door → Il se précipita vers la porte.
to make a dash for it (= try to escape) → prendre ses jambes à son cou
to cut a dash (old-fashioned) (= look stylish) → faire de l'effet
vt
(= hurl) → jeter violemment, lancer violemment
[+ hopes] → anéantir
vi
to dash somewhere → se précipiter quelque part
I must dash! → il faut que je me sauve!
to dash to, to dash towards (= rush towards) → se précipiter vers, se ruer vers
Everyone dashed to the window to look → Tout le monde s'est précipité vers la fenêtre pour regarder., Tout le monde s'est rué vers la fenêtre pour regarder.
to dash somewhere → se précipiter quelque part
I must dash! → il faut que je me sauve!
to dash to, to dash towards (= rush towards) → se précipiter vers, se ruer vers
Everyone dashed to the window to look → Tout le monde s'est précipité vers la fenêtre pour regarder., Tout le monde s'est rué vers la fenêtre pour regarder.
dash away
vi → partir à toute alluredash off
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dash
n
(= sudden rush) → Jagd f; he made a dash for the door/across the road → er stürzte auf die Tür zu/über die Straße; she made a dash for it → sie rannte, so schnell sie konnte; to make a dash for freedom → versuchen, in die Freiheit zu entkommen; his dash for freedom was unsuccessful → sein Versuch, in die Freiheit zu entkommen, war vergeblich; it was a mad dash to the hospital → wir/sie etc eilten Hals über Kopf zum Krankenhaus
(= hurry) → Hetze f
(= small amount) a dash of → etwas, ein bisschen; (of vinegar, spirits) → etwas, ein Schuss m; (of seasoning etc) → etwas, eine Prise; (of lemon) → ein Spritzer m; a dash of colour (Brit) or color (US) → ein Farbtupfer m; a dash of mystery → etwas Geheimnisvolles
(Typ) → Gedankenstrich m
(in morse) → Strich m
(Aut) → Armaturenbrett nt
vt
(= throw violently) → schleudern; to dash something to pieces → etw in tausend Stücke zerschlagen; he dashed his head on the floor when he fell → er schlug beim Hinfallen mit dem Kopf auf dem Boden auf; the ship was dashed against the rocks → das Schiff wurde gegen die Klippen geschleudert
(inf) = darn2 VT
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dash
1 [dæʃ]1. n
2. vt
a. (throw) → scaraventare, gettare con violenza
to dash sth to pieces → mandare qc in frantumi
to dash one's head against sth → battere la testa contro qc
to dash sth to pieces → mandare qc in frantumi
to dash one's head against sth → battere la testa contro qc
b. (fig) (spirits) → abbattere; (hopes) → infrangere
all his hopes were dashed → tutte le sue speranze naufragarono
all his hopes were dashed → tutte le sue speranze naufragarono
3. vi
a. (smash, object, waves) to dash against → infrangersi su or contro
b. (rush) I must dash (fam) → devo scappare
to dash away → scappare via
to dash in/out → entrare/uscire di corsa
to dash towards → precipitarsi verso
to dash away → scappare via
to dash in/out → entrare/uscire di corsa
to dash towards → precipitarsi verso
dash off vt + adv (letter, drawing) → buttar giù
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dash
(dӕʃ) verb1. to move with speed and violence. A man dashed into a shop.
2. to knock, throw etc violently, especially so as to break. He dashed the bottle to pieces against the wall.
3. to bring down suddenly and violently or to make very depressed. Our hopes were dashed.
noun1. a sudden rush or movement. The child made a dash for the door.
2. a small amount of something, especially liquid. whisky with a dash of soda.
3. (in writing) a short line (–) to show a break in a sentence etc.
4. energy and enthusiasm. All his activities showed the same dash and spirit.
ˈdashing adjective smart and lively. a dashing young man; She looks very dashing in her new clothes.
dash off1. to write quickly. to dash off a letter.
2. to leave hastily. to dash off to the shops.
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dash
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