dash 1 (d?sh)v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es v.intr.1. To move with haste; rush: dashed into the room; dashed down the hall.2. To strike violently; smash: waves dashing on the rocks.v.tr.1. a. To break or smash by striking violently: The ship was dashed upon the rocks.b. To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence: dashed the cup against the wall.c. To remove by striking or wiping: dash tears from one’s face.2. To splash; bespatter: dash water on one’s face.3. a. To write hastily. Often used with off: dashed off a note to the dean.b. To drink hastily. Often used with down: dashed down a glass of milk.4. a. To add an enlivening or altering element to: a speech dashed with humor.b. To affect by adding another element or ingredient to: ice cream that was dashed with rum.5. a. To destroy or wreck: Our hopes were dashed by the news. See Synonyms at blast.b. To discourage or dispirit: “This discouraging information a little dashed the child” (Charles Dickens).n.1. A swift, violent blow or stroke: knocked the books to the floor with an impatient dash of his hand.2. a. A splash: threw a dash of water on my face.b. A small amount of an added ingredient: a dash of sherry.3. A quick stroke, as with a pencil or brush.4. A sudden movement; a rush: made a dash for the exit.5. Sports A footrace, usually less than a quarter-mile long, run at top speed from the outset.6. A spirited quality in action or style; verve. See Synonyms at vigor.7. Either of two symbols, an emdash or an endash, used in writing and in printing.8. In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.9. A dashboard.[Middle English dashen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish daske, to beat.]dash 2 (d?sh)tr.v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es To damn.[Alteration of damn.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.dash (dæ?) vb (mainly tr) 1. to hurl; crash: he dashed the cup to the floor; the waves dashed against the rocks. 2. to mix: white paint dashed with blue. 3. (intr) to move hastily or recklessly; rush: he dashed to her rescue. 4. (usually foll by: off or down) to write (down) or finish (off) hastily5. to destroy; frustrate: his hopes were dashed. 6. to daunt (someone); cast down; discourage: he was dashed by her refusal. n7. a sudden quick movement; dart8. a small admixture: coffee with a dash of cream. 9. a violent stroke or blow10. the sound of splashing or smashing: the dash of the waves. 11. panache; style: he rides with dash. 12. cut a dash See cut3313. (Grammar) the punctuation mark ?, used singly in place of a colon, esp to indicate a sudden change of subject or grammatical anacoluthon, or in pairs to enclose a parenthetical remark14. (Communications & Information) the symbol (?) used, in combination with the symbol dot (·), in the written representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes. Compare dah15. (Athletics (Track & Field)) athletics another word (esp US and Canadian) for sprint16. (Automotive Engineering) informal short for dashboard[Middle English dasche, dasse]dash (dæ?) interjinformal a euphemistic word for damn1, damn2dash (dæ?) na gift, commission, tip, or bribevbto give (a dash) to someone[C16: perhaps from Fanti]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014dash1 (dæ?) v.t. 1. to strike or smash violently, esp. so as to break to pieces: to dash a plate against a wall. 2. to throw or thrust violently or suddenly: to dash one stone against another. 3. to splash, often violently; bespatter, as with water or mud. 4. to apply roughly: to dash paint on a wall. 5. to mix by adding another substance: wine dashed with water. 6. to ruin or frustrate: The rain dashed our hopes. 7. to depress; dispirit: The failure dashed my spirits. v.i. 8. to strike with violence: waves dashing against the cliff. 9. to move with violence; rush: to dash around the corner. 10. dash off, a. to hurry away. b. Also, dash down. do hastily: to dash off a letter. n. 11. a small quantity of something: a dash of salt. 12. a hasty or sudden movement: to make a dash for the door. 13. a mark or sign ( – ) used variously in printed or written matter, esp. to note a break, pause, or hesitation, to begin and end parenthetic text, to indicate omission of letters or words, to substitute for certain uses of the colon, and to separate elements of a sentence or series of sentences, as a question from its answer. 14. the splashing of liquid against something. 15. the sound of such splashing. 16. spirited action; élan; vigor in action or style: to perform with spirit and dash. 17. a short race: the 100-yard dash. 18. dashboard (def. 1). 19. a signal of longer duration than a dot, used in groups of dots, dashes, and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code. 20. a hasty stroke, esp. of a pen. 21. Archaic. a violent and rapid blow or stroke. [1250?1300; Middle English dasshen] dash2 (dæ?) v.t. Chiefly Brit. to damn (usu. used interjectionally). [1790?1800; euphemism based on d – n, printed form of damn] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.Dash a small quantity thrown in or mingled with a larger mass or amount.Examples: dash of good blood in their veins, 1712; of brandy, 1697; of commuters?Lipton, 1970; of eccentricity, 1820; of evil, 1678; of my former life, 1611; of light, 1713; of the ocean, 1784; of rain, 1700; of water, 1677.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.dashPast participle: dashedGerund: dashingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativedashdashPresentI dashyou dashhe/she/it dasheswe dashyou dashthey dashPreteriteI dashedyou dashedhe/she/it dashedwe dashedyou dashedthey dashedPresent ContinuousI am dashingyou are dashinghe/she/it is dashingwe are dashingyou are dashingthey are dashingPresent PerfectI have dashedyou have dashedhe/she/it has dashedwe have dashedyou have dashedthey have dashedPast ContinuousI was dashingyou were dashinghe/she/it was dashingwe were dashingyou were dashingthey were dashingPast PerfectI had dashedyou had dashedhe/she/it had dashedwe had dashedyou had dashedthey had dashedFutureI will dashyou will dashhe/she/it will dashwe will dashyou will dashthey will dashFuture PerfectI will have dashedyou will have dashedhe/she/it will have dashedwe will have dashedyou will have dashedthey will have dashedFuture ContinuousI will be dashingyou will be dashinghe/she/it will be dashingwe will be dashingyou will be dashingthey will be dashingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been dashingyou have been dashinghe/she/it has been dashingwe have been dashingyou have been dashingthey have been dashingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been dashingyou will have been dashinghe/she/it will have been dashingwe will have been dashingyou will have been dashingthey will have been dashingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been dashingyou had been dashinghe/she/it had been dashingwe had been dashingyou had been dashingthey had been dashingConditionalI would dashyou would dashhe/she/it would dashwe would dashyou would dashthey would dashPast ConditionalI would have dashedyou would have dashedhe/she/it would have dashedwe would have dashedyou would have dashedthey would have dashedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011dashA punctuation mark like a long hyphen, used, for example, to indicate a change of the subject or introduce a further statement.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information LimitedDashA panel at the front of a buggy or surrey body to keep mud from splashing onto the occupants. Similar to an automobile dash.1001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn?t Know by W.R. Runyan Copyright © 2011 by W.R. Runyan