Meaning

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

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

    (countable, uncountable)A hyphen or minus sign.

  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.

    Strich

    тире́tirɛ́

    the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

  4. (countable, uncountable)A short run, flight.

    When the feds came they did the dash.

    Spurt, Sprint, Sprung

    спринтsprint, бросо́кbrosók

    спринтsprynt

    a quick run

  5. (countable, uncountable)A rushing or violent onset.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Violent strike; a whack.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

    Add a dash of vinegar.

    Schuss, Tropfen, Spritzer

  8. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A slight admixture.

    There is a dash of craziness in his personality.

  9. (uncountable)Ostentatious vigor.

    Aren't we full of dash this morning?

  10. (Nigeria, countable, uncountable)A bribe or gratuity; a gift.

  11. (countable, dated, euphemistic, uncountable)A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)

  12. Ellipsis of dashboard.

    (Internet, countable, informal, uncountable)The dashboard of a social media user.

Examples

125 sentences
  1. Tom dashed after Mary.

    Том кинувся за Мері. — deniko

    ruТом бросился Мэри вдогонку. — sharptoothed

  2. We ran a hundred-meter dash.

    ruМы пробежали стометровку. — marafon

    deWir sind einen Hundert-Meter-Sprint gelaufen. — Esperantostern

  3. He dashed out of the store.

    ruОн выбежал из магазина. — sharptoothed

    deEr stürmte aus dem Laden. — Hans_Adler

  4. They dashed water into my face.

    ruОни плеснули воду мне в лицо. — shanghainese

    deSie haben Wasser in mein Gesicht gespritzt. — martikkk

  5. Tom dashed out of the room.

    ruТом бросился вон из комнаты. — sharptoothed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
typographic symbol:
short run:
Русский
By meaning 2
typographic symbol:
short run:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
typographic symbol:
Morse code symbol:
short run:
small quantity of liquid etc.:

Origin

From Middle English daschen, dassen, from Danish daske (“to slap, strike”), related to Swe

From Middle English daschen, dassen, from Danish daske (“to slap, strike”), related to Swedish daska (“to smack, slap, spank”), of obscure origin. Compare German tatschen (“to grope, paw”), Old English dwǣsċan (“to quell, put out, destroy, extinguish”). See also dush.

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Forms

plural: dashes
Singulardash
Pluraldashes

regular

Synonyms

134 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a quick run:sprint
  • the act of moving with great haste:bolt
  • distinctive and stylish elegance:elanflairpanachestyle
  • the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code:dah
  • 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:hyphen

Word family

50 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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