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[[t]dæʃ[/t]]

v. t.

1) to strike or smash violently, esp. so as to break to pieces:

to dash a plate against a wall[/ex]

2) to throw or thrust violently or suddenly:

to dash one stone against another[/ex]

3) to splash, often violently; bespatter, as with water or mud

4) to apply roughly:

to dash paint on a wall[/ex]

5) to mix by adding another substance:

wine dashed with water[/ex]

6) to ruin or frustrate:

The rain dashed our hopes[/ex]

7) to depress; dispirit:

The failure dashed my spirits[/ex]

8) to strike with violence:

waves dashing against the cliff[/ex]

9) to move with violence; rush:

to dash around the corner[/ex]

10) phv dash off

a) to hurry away

b) Also, dash down. do hastily:

to dash off a letter[/ex]

11) a small quantity of something:

a dash of salt[/ex]

12) a hasty or sudden movement:

to make a dash for the door[/ex]

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[/ex]

17) spo a short race:

the 100-yard dash[/ex]

18) aum

dashboard 1)

19) tgp 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

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Etymology: 1250–1300; ME dasshen II

dash

[[t]dæʃ[/t]] v. t.

brit. to damn (usu. used interjectionally)

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