dash meaning and definition

DASH noun

Definition of dash (noun)

1. distinctive and stylish elegance
   • "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
   • synonyms: elan, flair, panache, style
2. a quick run
   • synonyms: sprint
3. a footrace run at top speed
   • "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
4. 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
   • synonyms: hyphen
5. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
   • synonyms: dah
6. the act of moving with great haste
   • "he made a dash for the door"
   • synonyms: bolt

DASH verb

Definition of dash (verb)

1. run or move very quickly or hastily
   • "She dashed into the yard"
   • synonyms: dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot
2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
   • "Smash a plate"
   • synonyms: smash
3. hurl or thrust violently
   • "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
   • synonyms: crash
4. destroy or break
   • "dashed ambitions and hopes"
5. cause to lose courage
   • "dashed by the refusal"
   • synonyms: daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off
6. add an enlivening or altering element to
   • "blue paint dashed with white"