dash
n 1: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the
confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: {elan}, {flair},
{panache}, {style}]
2: a quick run [syn: {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 [syn: {hyphen}]
5: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
[syn: {dah}]
6: the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the
door" [syn: {bolt}]
v 1: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: {dart}, {scoot}, {scud}, {flash}, {shoot}]
2: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a
plate" [syn: {smash}]
3: hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the
wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" [syn: {crash}]
4: destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
5: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: {daunt},
{scare off}, {pall}, {frighten off}, {scare away}, {frighten
away}, {scare}]
6: add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed
with white"