dash meaning

UK /dæʃ/ US /dæʃ/ 1 syllable

dash (verb): run or move very quickly or hastily.

dash has 12 meanings in this dictionary, as verb and noun.

dash as a verb

  1. run or move very quickly or hastily
    • She dashed into the yard

    Synonyms: dart, scoot, scud, flash, shoot

    Type of: rush

    Kinds: plunge

  2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
    • Smash a plate

    Synonyms: smash

    Type of: break

    Kinds: blast

  3. hurl or thrust violently
    • He dashed the plate against the wall
    • Waves were dashing against the rock

    Synonyms: crash

    Type of: hurl

  4. destroy or break
    • dashed ambitions and hopes

    Type of: thwart

  5. cause to lose courage
    • dashed by the refusal

    Synonyms: daunt, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare

    Type of: intimidate

  6. add an enlivening or altering element to
    • blue paint dashed with white

    Type of: mix

dash as a noun

  1. distinctive and stylish elegance
    • he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer

    Synonyms: elan, flair, panache, style

    Type of: elegance

  2. a quick run

    Synonyms: sprint

    Type of: run

    Kinds: break

  3. a footrace run at top speed
    • he is preparing for the 100-yard dash

    Type of: track event

  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

    Type of: punctuation

  5. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

    Synonyms: dah

    Type of: telegraphic signal

  6. the act of moving with great haste
    • he made a dash for the door

    Synonyms: bolt

    Type of: haste

How to pronounce dash

dash is pronounced /dæʃ/ in British English and /dæʃ/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with dash

Word lists: words starting with DA · words ending in SH · 4-letter words

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