Definition of dash

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Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash..

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Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves..
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard..
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..
Spatterdashes :: Spatterdashes (n. pl.) Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters..
Splash :: Splash (v. i.) To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter..
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..
Touch :: Touch (v.) A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
Shatter :: Shatter (v. t.) To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning..
Slapdash :: Slapdash (adv.) In a bold, careless manner; at random..
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..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy..
Plashing :: Plashing (n.) The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc..
Dashed :: Dashed (imp. & p. p.) of Das.
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Interdashed :: Interdashed (imp. & p. p.) of Interdas.
Dasher :: Dasher (n.) That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn..
Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush..
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..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word..
Spatterdashed :: Spatterdashed (a.) Wearing spatterdashes.
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