Definition of dash

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Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..

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Collide :: Collide (v. i.) To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided..
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves..
Bully :: Bully (a.) Jovial and blustering; dashing.
Crash :: Crash (v. t. ) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
Dasher :: Dasher (n.) A dashboard or splashboard.
Dashy :: Dashy (a.) Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
Impinge :: Impinge (v. t.) To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.
Bedashing :: Bedashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bedas.
Haberdasher :: Haberdasher (n.) A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc..
Dash :: Dash (n.) Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain..
Blade :: Blade (n.) A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning..
Balderdash :: Balderdash (n.) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors..
Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc..
Dash :: Dash (n.) Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
Haberdash :: Haberdash (v. i.) To deal in small wares.
Dasher :: Dasher (n.) One who makes an ostentatious parade.
Dashpot :: Dashpot (n.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock..
Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.
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