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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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..
Spatterdashes :: Spatterdashes (n. pl.) Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters..
Spread :: Sprayboard (n.) See Dashboard, n., 2 (b)..
Swash :: Swash (v. i.) To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place..
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..
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..
Muddy :: Muddy (superl.) Abounding in mud; besmeared or dashed with mud; as, a muddy road or path; muddy boots..
Swash :: Swash (n.) Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
Spruced :: Spruce (n.) Sprightly; dashing.
Morse Alphabet :: Morse alphabet () A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), -- (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervals between them..
Dasher :: Dasher (n.) A dashboard or splashboard.
Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush..
Swish :: Swish (v. i.) To dash; to swash.
Allision :: Allision (n.) The act of dashing against, or striking upon..
Haberdash :: Haberdash (v. i.) To deal in small wares.
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..
Chopping :: Chopping (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea..
Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers..
Dashingly :: Dashingly (adv.) Conspicuously; showily.
Collide :: Collide (v. i.) To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided..
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