distinctive and stylish elegance; he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer

[ Syn: elan , flair , panache , style ]

a quick run

[ Syn: sprint ]

a footrace run at top speed; he is preparing for the 100-yard dash'

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 ]

the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

[ Syn: dah ]

the act of moving with great haste; he made a dash for the door

[ Syn: bolt ]

run or move very quickly or hastily; She dashed into the yard

[ Syn: dart , scoot , scud , flash , shoot ]

break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; Smash a plate

[ Syn: smash ]

hurl or thrust violently; He dashed the plate against the wall; Waves were dashing against the rock

[ Syn: crash ]

destroy or break; dashed ambitions and hopes'

cause to lose courage; dashed by the refusal

[ Syn: daunt , scare off , pall , frighten off , scare away , frighten away , scare ]

add an enlivening or altering element to; blue paint dashed with white'