Crossword-Solution: DASH
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dash | v. t. | To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. |
| Dash | v. t. | To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin. |
| Dash | v. t. | To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. |
| 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. |
| Dash | v. t. | To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon. |
| Dash | v. t. | To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word. |
| Dash | v. i. | To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks. |
| Dash | n. | Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash. |
| Dash | n. | A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a 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. |
| 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 | n. | Energy in style or action; animation; spirit. |
| Dash | n. | A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great 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. |
| 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. |
| Dash | n. | The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone. |
| Dash | n. | A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DASH | anagram | ADHS, DAHS, DHAS, SADH, SHAD |
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Sentences with DASH (5)
Darling’s friends, but if they did come she first whipped off Michael’s pinafore and put him into the one with blue braiding, and smoothed out Wendy and made a dash at John’s hair.
All a Summer’s day it lasted, From the sunrise to the sunset; For the shafts of Hiawatha Harmless hit the shirt of wampum, Harmless fell the blows he dealt it With his mittens, Minjekahwun, Harmless fell the heavy war-club; It could dash the rocks asunder, But it could not break the meshes Of that magic shirt of wampum.
These in thir dark Nativitie the Deep Shall yeild us, pregnant with infernal flame, Which into hallow Engins long and round Thick-rammd, at th’ other bore with touch of fire Dilated and infuriate shall send forth From far with thundring noise among our foes Such implements of mischief as shall dash To pieces, and orewhelm whatever stands Adverse, that they shall fear we have disarmd The Thunderer of his only dreaded bolt.
Such was his cunning, that we used to call him, among ourselves, “the snake.” When we were at work in the cornfield, he would sometimes crawl on his hands and knees to avoid detection, and all at once he would rise nearly in our midst, and scream out, “Ha, ha! Come, come! Dash on, dash on!” This being his mode of attack, it was never safe to stop a single minute.
Every few moments a boy would come running down the flagged walk and dash out into the street as if he were rushing to announce some wonder to the world.
Quotes with DASH (3)
Who knows how to make love stay?1. Tell love you are going to Junior's Deli on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn to pick up a cheesecake, and if loves stays, it can have half. It will stay.2. Tell love you want a momento of it and obtain a lock of its hair. Burn the hair in a dime-store incense burner with yin/yang symbols on three sides. Face southwest. Talk fast over the burning hair in a convincingly exotic language. Remove the ashes of the burnt hair and use them to paint a mou…
What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone.
On No Work of Words On no work of words now for three lean months in the bloody Belly of the rich year and the big purse of my body I bitterly take to task my poverty and craft: To take to give is all, return what is hungrily given Puffing the pounds of manna up through the dew to heaven, The lovely gift of the gab bangs back on a blind shaft. To lift to leave from the treasures of man is pleasing death That will rake at last all currencies of the marked breath And count the …
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYM, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 557 times in crossword archives (1945–2025).