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Meaning dash meaning

What does dash mean?
Definitions in simple English

dash Noun

— On a computer keyboard, a dash is a horizontal bar that looks like "-" or "—". There are many different types of dashes that you can type on a keyboard. — A dash can mean a short run. I got last place in the 100-meter dash because I tripped on a rock. — A dash is sometimes short for a dashboard. Someone dropped a brick through the car's windshield and onto the dash. — A dash is a very small amount in cooking. Put a dash of salt in the soup.

dash Verb

— To dash is to run fast for a short distance When he heard there was ice cream he dashed off towards it. — If your hopes, dreams, or expectations were ruined, disappointed, or destroyed, they were dashed. Her hopes for a beautiful wedding day were dashed when dark clouds gathered in the sky. My dreams of a happy, quiet home were dashed when my mother in law moved in with us. — To dash can be to sprinkle or spray. She dashed her soup with too much pepper.

dash

— verb run or move very quickly or hastily She dashed into the yard — verb (= smash) break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over Smash a plate — noun distinctive and stylish elegance he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer — noun a quick run — verb hurl or thrust violently He dashed the plate against the wall Waves were dashing against the rock — verb destroy or break dashed ambitions and hopes — noun the act of moving with great haste he made a dash for the door — noun a footrace run at top speed he is preparing for the 100-yard dash — noun the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code — verb add an enlivening or altering element to blue paint dashed with white — noun (= hyphen) 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 — verb cause to lose courage dashed by the refusal

Synonyms dash synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as dash?

dash English » English

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Topics dash topics

What do people use dash to talk about?
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Walk

Run
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
States Quantity Plural

Few, little
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Disappointed

Conjugation dash conjugation

How do you conjugate dash?

dash · verb

Examples dash examples

How do I use dash in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Put a dash of brandy in my tea.
We ran a hundred-meter dash.
His record is a new world record in the 100-meter dash.
A dash of vinegar is all the salad needs.
Tom had to dash into the bushes to answer a call of nature.
In a hundred meter dash she started last but soon caught up with the others.

Movie subtitles

President Barbenfouillis makes a dash for the King of the Selenites and lifting him like a feather throws him violently on the ground.
Dot Dash.
Well, will you have a cocktail or a dash of brandy?
Go ahead, Guy, dash them off a bit of a minuet or a polka or a schottische.
Come on, let's make a dash for it.
You know, the one with the dash-off center.
Got to dash back to London.
Oh, dash it all!
Do you have to wait for an inspiration, or do you just dash it off?
He may dash us to pieces.
Just because I know nothing about this horrible business I made a dash this morning.
I - No, as a matter of fact, I've got to deliver this theme song for Miss Froy. When I've done that, I'm gonna dash off to Yorkshire and finish my book.
We'll make a dash for it before the fire reaches that ammunition.
Come on. - Let's make a dash for it.
And all for the sake of a dash of adventure.
Dash, he's cute.
He must have seen me run after him and had the cabbie dash off.
They have the same dash about them. I'm simply enchanted with your little town.
One part Demera rum, two parts gold rum, one part light rum. One lime juice and with a dash of absinthe.
And I'd suddenly dash to the window and break it open and shout to a passerby.
Oh, dash the neighbors!
Leave, dash it.
Dash it!
Well, dash it!
Yeah, and then they all make a dash for the one that's been mentioned the most.
I wish our honeymoon could have lasted forever, Maxim. Dash it, look.
As I went inside, I saw Briggs look around and dash towards the kitchen in the back.
Bye, I must dash.
You cut quite a dash, eh!
I must dash back to Lizzie.
Lend it a little dash, shall we say?
You can't get to Washington soon enough, can you, to dash off that black Berlin report?
So, I can dash it down to hell when I tell my story.

News and current affairs

During any lull, a fanatic from either side could jump to center stage and, through an act of utter madness, kick up the settling dust and dash the hopes of the many on both sides who still long for a lasting peace.
Within each industry, the best enterprises dash ahead, as should be the case when real restructuring is taking place.
When we watch a sprinter set a new Olympic record in the hundred meter dash, it's not the shoes he or she wears that command our admiration. Nor is it the coaching received or the energy bar consumed just before the event.
Or, like India in 1974, it might wait a long time, then dash to the finish line and conduct an atomic test.
Others declare that we must kick the fossil fuel habit and make a mad dash for renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power.
Drivers now allow pedestrians to cross the street, as in Geneva or Munich (while in Moscow people must still dash aside from onrushing cars impervious to pedestrian safety).
In these circumstances, a US attack on Syria would almost certainly dash any hope of a US-Iran rapprochement for years to come.
Yet the document that they will now vote on is more likely to dash those hopes and dim Egyptians' prospects for democracy.
But, without supervision, they will be held in an environment that could dash Zimbabweans' hopes.

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