Definition of dash

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Dash (n.) The sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner..

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Dashpot :: Dashpot (n.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock..
Dash :: Dash (n.) Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
Spruced :: Spruce (n.) Sprightly; dashing.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple..
Dare :: Dare (n.) The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.
Bully :: Bully (a.) Jovial and blustering; dashing.
Interdash :: Interdash (v. t.) To dash between or among; to intersperse.
Spanking :: Spanking (a.) Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing..
Touch :: Touch (v.) A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
Elide :: Elide (v. t.) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument..
Bond :: Bond (n.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence..
Dashism :: Dashism (n.) The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show.
Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush..
Clash :: Clash (v. i.) To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.
Swell :: Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke..
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..
Impinge :: Impinge (v. t.) To fall or dash against; to touch upon; to strike; to hit; to ciash with; -- with on or upon.
Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers..
Brain :: Brain (v. t.) To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat..
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