Dash is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DASH in dictionary:

VERB:
• to strike violently
• run or travel somewhere in a great hurry
• strike or fling (something) somewhere with great force, especially so as to have a destructive effect; hurl
• strike forcefully against something
• destroy or frustrate (hopes or expectations)
• cause (someone) to lose confidence; dispirit
• move quickly
• To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
• To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
• To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
• 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.
• 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.
• To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
• run or move very quickly or hastily
• break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
• hurl or thrust violently
• destroy or break
• cause to lose courage
• add an enlivening or altering element to
NOUN:
• an act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily
• a journey or period of time characterized by urgency or eager haste
• a short, fast race run in one heat; a sprint
• a small quantity of a liquid added to something else
• a small amount of a quality that adds piquancy or distinctiveness to something else
• a horizontal stroke in writing or printing to mark a pause or break in sense or to represent omitted letters or words.
• the longer signal of the two used in Morse code.
• a short vertical mark placed above or beneath a note to indicate that it is to be performed in a very staccato manner.
• impetuous or flamboyant vigour and confidence; panache
• 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.
• 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.
• Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
• A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.
• 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.
• 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.
• A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
• distinctive and stylish elegance
• a quick run
• a footrace run at top speed
• 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
• the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
• the act of moving with great haste
• sudden quick movement
INTERJECTION:
• used to express mild annoyance

Words related to DASH

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Words that contain DASH

dashi9 dashy12 bedash12 dashed11 dasher10 dashes10 dashis10 emdash12 endash10 bardash13 berdash13 burdash13 dasheen11 dasheki15 dashers11 dashier11 dashiki15 dashing12 dashpot13 dashcam15 bedashed15 bedashes14 dasheens12 dashekis16 dashiest12 dashikis16 dashpots14 dishdash16 emdashes14 endashes12 slapdash14 undashed13 dashcams16 bardashes15 bedashing16 berdashes15 burdashes15 dashboard16 dashingly17 dashlight17 dishdasha17 interdash13 balderdash17 dashboards17 dashlights18 dishdashas18 dishdashes18 pebbledash20 slapdashed17 slapdashes16 haberdasher20 interdashed16 interdashes15 slapdashing18 spatterdash17 balderdashes19 haberdashers21 haberdashery24 interdashing17 pebbledashed23 pebbledashes22 pebbledashing24 spatterdashes19 haberdasheries23

How to use DASH in a sentence

• Outside it is now so dark that, spite of danger, he has to pause and feel his way downward, or he might dash his precious burden against the walls.
• With a dash he brought the fork down upon the desk, and gave the key again.
• Infantry, fighting on the left, halted when those dusky heroes made the dash with a yell which would have done credit to a Comanche Indian.
• They even perch upon his back and dash their beaks into his neck and pluck feathers from his piratical plumage.
• Here thirty-two ships with as many thousand men aboard them were gathered together, all impatiently waiting the order to dash across the Atlantic.
• We heard the dash of their oars, then the rain came down, with a weeping of every cloud.
• Our great-grandmothers, that is, the serious ones among them, made a brave dash at it.
• Next came a squadron of cavalry, and these bold fellows determined to make a dash for liberty.
• Some have thought that, had he immediately made a rapid dash, the city might have fallen into his hands.
• Then the moment the Fleet cried off, we might have had a dash in, right away, with what we have here.
• Again and again the enemy has paid admiring tribute to the splendid dash and invincible determination evinced by our men.
• He made one wild dash to escape, but it was useless, and in a moment he was on the ground, and his hands were tied.
• The fifth man made a dash for liberty and escaped with a slight wound in the leg.
• He would run into the water a few paces and then come out and dash along the shore.
• His first inclination was to instantly dash from the road and endeavor to discover what caused that cry.
• On this pinnacle stood a solitary, motionless figure, clad entirely in black, save for a brilliant dash of scarlet upon his head.
• Wild animals, driven by the flames, dash through the camp, and a stampede follows.
• There was an amount of vigour and excitement about it, with a dash of romance, which quite harmonized with his character.
• Then, casting such a fantastic thought aside with another impatient effort, she tore the envelope, past the seal, in a ragged dash.
• Preparations had now to be made for the final dash to Fort Pitt, fifty odd miles away, over a path that was beset by savages, who also occupied all the important passes.
• The commander speaks and the legion goes, though it be to dash itself to death.

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