312 results for: dash

dash3    Audio Help   /dæʃ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dash] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation (in West Africa)

–noun

1.	a tip, bribe, or recompense.

2.

bribery.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to give a tip or bribe to (esp. a government employee).

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[Origin: 1780–1790; perh. first recorded in D as dache, dasche (1602); orig. uncert., but often alleged to be < Pg das (you) give (2d sing. pres. indic. of dar to give)]

dash2    Audio Help   /dæʃ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dash] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–verb (used with object) Chiefly British.

to damn (usually used interjectionally).

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[Origin: 1790–1800; euphemism based on d—n, printed form of damn]

dash1    Audio Help   /dæʃ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dash] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–verb (used with object)

1.	to strike or smash violently, esp. so as to break to pieces: He dashed the plate into smithereens against the wall.

2.	to throw or thrust violently or suddenly: to dash one stone against another.

3.	to splash, often violently; bespatter (with water, mud, etc.): He recovered consciousness when they dashed water in his face.

4.	to apply roughly, as by splashing: to dash paint here and there on the wall.

5.	to mix or adulterate by adding another substance: to dash wine with water.

6.	to ruin or frustrate (hopes, plans, etc.): The rain dashed our hopes for a picnic.

7.	to depress; dispirit: The failure dashed his spirits.

8.	to confound or abash: His rejection dashed and humiliated him.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to strike with violence: The waves dashed against the cliff.

10.	to move with violence; rush: The horses dashed out of the burning stable.

–noun

11.	a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else: a dash of salt.

12.	a hasty or sudden movement; a rush or sudden onset: They all made a dash for the door.

13.

the mark or sign (—) used to note an abrupt break or pause in a sentence or hesitation in an utterance, to begin and end a parenthetic word, phrase, or clause, to indicate the omission of letters or words, to divide a line, to substitute for certain uses of the colon, and to separate any of various elements of a sentence or series of sentences, as a question from its answer.

14.	the throwing or splashing of liquid against something: the dash of the waves against the dock.

15.	the sound of such splashing: The dash of the waves on the beach could be heard from afar.

16.	spirited action; élan; vigor in action or style: The dancer performed with spirit and dash.

17.	Track. a short race: a 100-yard dash.

18.	dashboard (def. 1).

19.	Telegraphy. 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.

—Verb phrase

22.	dash off, a. to hurry away; leave: I must dash off now. b. Also, dash down. to write, make, accomplish, etc., hastily: We dashed off a letter to announce the news. He dashed down a memo.

—Idiom

23.	cut a dash, to make a striking impression; be ostentatious or showy.

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[Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) ME dasshen, perh. < ON; cf. Dan daske slap, flap, Sw daska; (n.) ME: blow, clash, deriv. of the v.]

—Synonyms 10. dart, bolt. See rush¹. 11. pinch, bit; touch.

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