English Explanatory Dictionary

dash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
  2. A hyphen or minus sign.
  3. The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
  4. A short run, flight.
  5. A rushing or violent onset.
  6. Violent strike; a whack.
  7. A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
  8. A slight admixture.
  9. Ostentatious vigor.
  10. A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
  11. A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)
  12. Ellipsis of dashboard.
verb
  1. To run quickly or for a short distance.
  2. To leave or depart.
  3. To destroy by striking (against).
  4. To throw violently.
  5. To sprinkle; to splatter.
  6. To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
  7. To ruin; to destroy.
  8. To dishearten; to sadden.
  9. To complete hastily.
  10. To draw or write quickly; jot.
  11. Damn (in forming oaths).
intj
  1. Damn!
name
  1. A topographic surname.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
name
  1. Acronym of Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP.
  2. Acronym of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.

Pronunciation

/ˈdæʃ/ [ˈdæʃ] en-us-dash.ogg

Word forms

dash dashes dashing dashed

Etymology

From Middle English daschen, dassen, from Danish daske (“to slap, strike”), related to Swedish daska (“to smack, slap, spank”), of obscure origin. Compare German tatschen (“to grope, paw”), Old English dwǣsċan (“to quell, put out, destroy, extinguish”). See also dush.

Synonyms

dash rush sprint spurt surge thrust blow knock thwack drop skoosh soupçon ace atom atomy aught bissel bit crumb glimpse dab damn diddly glint dot spatter dusting fleck glimmer hint flip flyspeck grain halfpennyworth inch iota jot lick mite modicum molecule morceau morsel mote ooch ounce particle pennyworth piece pinch relish scantling semblance scent scintilla scooch scrap scruple shred skerrick

Related words

apostrophe curly brackets brace square bracket bracket colon comma ellipsis exclamation mark fraction slash guillemet hyphen interpunct interrobang parentheses (US Canada) full stop period question mark quotation marks semicolon slash stroke space minus sign

Derived words

dashing em dash dash case en dash mutton dash nine-dash line nut dash oblique dash quotation dash swung dash wave dash wedge-and-dash dashcam dash cam 100-meter dash 440-yard dash airdash backdash bedash cut a dash dash cherry dash-dotted dashism dashlight dashlike dashpoint dashpot dashtop dashy do the dash make a dash for it pebble dashdash-wheel revel-dash slapdash spatterdash splatterdash trolley dash dash down dash it all dash off dash on dash someone's hopes dine and dash gas and dash interdash outdash smash and dash splash-and-dash todash dash it

Translations

Albanian: vizë Arabic: شَحْطَة Arabic: شَرْطَة Armenian: անջատման գիծ Azerbaijani: tire Belarusian: праця́жнік Bulgarian: тире́ Catalan: guió Chinese Mandarin: 破折號 /破折号 Czech: pomlčka Danish: tankestreg Dutch: streepje Dutch: koppelteken Finnish: ajatusviiva Finnish: viiva French: tiret Georgian: ტირე German: Bindestrich German: Gedankenstrich German: Querstrich Greek: παύλα Hindi: डैश Hungarian: gondolatjel Hungarian: nagykötőjel Hungarian: párbeszédjel Indonesian: tanda hubung Irish: dais Irish: fleasc Italian: lineetta Japanese: ダッシュ Korean: 줄표 Latvian: domuzīme Latvian: domuzīmes Lithuanian: brūkšnys Lithuanian: brūkšniai Lithuanian: brūkšnė Lithuanian: brūkšnės Macedonian: цр́та Macedonian: тире́ Māori: pīhono Mongolian: зураас Norwegian: bindestrek Norwegian Bokmål: tankestrek Norwegian Bokmål: bindestrek Persian: خط تیره Persian: خط فاصله Polish: myślnik Polish: półpauza Polish: pauza Portuguese: travessão Romanian: cratimă Romanian: linie de pauză Romanian: linie de dialog Russian: тире́ Scottish Gaelic: sgrìob Serbo-Croatian: црта Serbo-Croatian: цртица Serbo-Croatian: crta Serbo-Croatian: crtica Slovak: pomlčka Slovene: pomišljaj Spanish: raya Spanish: guion largo
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