Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Dash
User Submitted Origins
English
73%
American
9%
French
9%
Hebrew
9%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to a user from Australia, the name Dash means "A name and also a verb meaning to run".
- According to a user from North Carolina, U.S., the name Dash is of American origin and means "fast".
- According to a user from Virginia, U.S., the name Dash means "Spirited warrior".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
verb Dash
Senses
- To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against."If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound." [Bacon.]
- To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin."Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel." [Ps. ii. 9.]"A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces." [Shak.]"To perplex and dash Maturest counsels." [Milton.]
- To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress." Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car." [Pope.]
- 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. "I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications." [Addison.]"The very source and fount of day Is dashed with wandering isles of night." [Tennyson.]
- To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.
- To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.
Etymology: Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow
verb Dash
To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
noun Dash
Senses
- Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
- A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash .
- A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple. "Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly." [Addison.]
- 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. "She takes upon her bravely at first dash." [Shak.]
- Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
- A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash .(Low)
- [Punctuation] 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.
- [Mus]
- 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.
- The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.
- 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.
- [Racing] A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
Other Dictionary Sources
- A quick run
- The act of moving with great haste ("he made a dash for the door")
- Distinctive and stylish elegance ("he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer")
- The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
- A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
- A footrace run at top speed ("he is preparing for the 100-yard dash")
- Add an enlivening or altering element to ("blue paint dashed with white")
- Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- Hurl or thrust violently ("He dashed the plate against the wall" and "Waves were dashing against the rock")
- Cause to lose courage ("dashed by the refusal")
- Run or move very quickly or hastily ("She dashed into the yard")
- Destroy or break ("dashed ambitions and hopes")
Wiktionary
Old English de + Old English æsc "(residing) near an ash tree".
- A topographic surname.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
Dash was also found in the following language(s): Albanian