Definition of dash

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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..

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Dash :: Dash (n.) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone..
Buck :: Buck (n.) A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy..
Splash :: Splash (v. i.) To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter..
Dang :: Dang (v. t.) To dash.
Dash :: Dash (n.) Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
Cataract :: Cataract (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash..
Boothose :: Boothose (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots..
Spanking :: Spanking (a.) Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin..
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.) 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..
Dashingly :: Dashingly (adv.) Conspicuously; showily.
Dashism :: Dashism (n.) The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show.
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..
Clash :: Clash (v. i.) To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.
Stramash :: Stram (v. t.) To dash down; to beat.
Spatterdashed :: Spatterdashed (a.) Wearing spatterdashes.
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To come or act with violence; to dash or fall with force; to strike anything, as, rain, wind, and waves do..
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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