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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Spatterdashes :: Spatterdashes (n. pl.) Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters..
Dashed :: Dashed (imp. & p. p.) of Das.
Parenthesis :: Parenthesis (n.) A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes..
Haberdashery :: Haberdashery (n.) The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles..
Dash :: 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..
Churn :: Churn (v. t.) A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter..
Conflict :: Conflict (v. i.) To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.
Dash :: Dash (n.) Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
Blade :: Blade (n.) A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning..
Dash :: 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..
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..
Dashy :: Dashy (a.) Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy.
Dashingly :: Dashingly (adv.) Conspicuously; showily.
Rote :: Rote (n.) The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut.
Bedash :: Bedash (v. t.) To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter.
Spread :: Sprayboard (n.) See Dashboard, n., 2 (b)..
Dashing :: Dashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Das.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck..
Splasher :: Splashboard (n.) A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard..
Hyphen :: Hyphen (n.) A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words..
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