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- DictionaryDash/daSH/
verb
- 1. run or travel somewhere in a great hurry: "I dashed into the garden"
- 2. strike or fling (something) somewhere with great force, especially so as to have a destructive effect; hurl: "the ship was dashed upon the rocks"
exclamation
- 1. used to express mild annoyance: informal British "“Dash it all, I am in charge.”"
noun
- 1. an act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily: "she made a dash for the door"
- 2. a small quantity of a substance, especially a liquid, added to something else: "whiskey with a dash of soda"
Britannica Dictionary definition of DASH. 1. [no object] : to run or move quickly or suddenly. I'm sorry, but I must dash. I'm late. She dashed down the hallway to the bathroom. People were dashing inside to get out of the rain. The dog dashed [= darted] across the busy street. — often + off.
Feb 5, 2024 · dash (plural dashes) ( typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ ( figure dash ), – ( en dash ), — ( em dash ), or ― ( horizontal bar ). ( computing) A hyphen or minus sign. (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code. A short run, flight .
noun. a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else: a dash of salt. a hasty or sudden movement; a rush or sudden onset: They all made a dash for the door.
Definition of dash noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. dash. noun. /dæʃ/ Idioms. something done quickly. [singular] a dash (for something) an act of going somewhere suddenly and/or quickly. When the doors opened, there was a mad dash for seats. a 60-mile dash to safety. He jumped off the bus and made a dash for the nearest bar.
[countable, usually singular] dash (of something) a small amount of something that is added to something else Add a dash of lemon juice. The rug adds a dash of color to the room. The album is a mixture of rock and gospel, with a dash of jazz thrown in. compare splash. Definitions on the go.
[transitive, intransitive] to throw something or make something fall violently onto a hard surface; to beat against a surface dash something + adv./prep. The boat was dashed repeatedly against the rocks. + adv./prep. The waves were dashing against the harbor wall. Idioms. dash somebody's hopes.
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A dash (—) is a punctuation mark used to set off an idea within a sentence and may be used alone or in pairs. Dashes interrupt a thought in a more dramatic way than a phrase enclosed in commas, but less theatrically than parentheses.
