What is "dash"

Dash \Dash\ (d[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
   --South.

   Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car.
   --Pope.

4. 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.

5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.

6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.

Dash \Dash\, v. i. To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.

[He] dashed through thick and thin.
--Dryden.

On each hand the gushing waters play, And down the rough cascade all dashing fall.
--Thomson.

Dash \Dash\, n.

1. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.

2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.

6. A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. [Low]

7. (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.
   --John Wilson.

8. (Mus.)

   1. 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.

   2. The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.

9. (Racing) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.

c.1300, probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish daska, Danish daske "to beat, strike"), somehow imitative. The oldest sense is that in dash to pieces and dashed hopes. Intransitive meaning "move quickly" appeared c.1300, that of "to write hurriedly" is 1726. Related: Dashed; dashing.

late 14c., from dash (v.). Sporting sense is from 1881, originally "race run in one heat."

interj. (context euphemistic English) damn! n. 1 (context typography English) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (''figure dash''), – (''en dash''), — (''em dash''), or ― (''horizontal bar''). 2 A short run. 3 A small quantity of a liquid substance; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon. 4 vigor. 5 A dashboard. 6 One of the two symbols of Morse code. 7 (context Nigeria English) A bribe or gratuity. 8 (context obsolete euphemistic English) A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.) vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To run quickly or for a short distance. 2 (context intransitive informal English) To leave or depart. 3 (context transitive English) To destroy by striking (against). 4 (context transitive English) To throw violently. 5 (context transitive English) To sprinkle; to splatter. 6 (context transitive of hopes or dreams English) To ruin; to destroy.

1. n. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: elan, flair, panache, style]

2. a quick run [syn: sprint]

3. a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"

4. 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 [syn: hyphen]

5. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code [syn: dah]

6. the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" [syn: bolt]

1. v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, scoot, scud, flash, shoot]

2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate" [syn: smash]

3. hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" [syn: crash]

4. destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"

5. cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare]

6. add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"

Driving Alexandria Safely Home (DASH) is the public bus system for the city of Alexandria, Virginia, operated by the Alexandria Transit Company, a non-profit organization wholly owned by the city.

A dash is a punctuation mark. Dash may also refer to:

Dash (stylized as DASH) is a boutique clothing and accessory chain founded in 2006 by the Kardashian sisters ( Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé). , the chain has three locations in the United States.

Dash ( Odia ଦାଶ, Devnagari-दाश) is an Odia Brahmin surname who belongs to Utkala Brahmins. Some of them write Dash-Sharma ( Sanskrit-दाशशर्मा). (It is to be noted that Bengali Vaidya-Brahmins also have this Dash/Dash-Sharma surname, which suggests that they probably share a common origin.) They are settled throughout Orissa and follow mainly the Shrauta tradition of Hinduism and any form of Vishnu as Kuladevata. A minority of Odia Brahmins sometimes use the shorter form ' Das'. The shorter surname Das is more commonly a Kayastha surname in Orissa and West Bengal. So all family surnames ending as Dash indicate Brahmin ancestry in Orissa, while Das could be of Brahmin ancestry.

The dash is a punctuation mark that is similar to a hyphen or minus sign, but differs from both of these symbols primarily in length and function. The most common versions of the dash are the en dash and the em dash , whose names historically were loosely associated with the length of a lower-case n and upper-case M, respectively, in commonly used typefaces.

Usage varies both within English and in other languages, but the usual convention in printed English text is as follows:

• An em dash (or an en dash) may be used to denote a break in a sentence or to set off parenthetical statements.

  Glitter, felt, yarn, and buttons—his kitchen looked as if a clown had exploded.
  A flock of sparrows—some of them juveniles—alighted and sang.

• The en dash (but not the em dash) is used to indicate spans or differentiation, where it may be considered to replace "and" or "to" (but not "to" in the phrase "from … to …"):

  The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was fought in western Pennsylvania and along the present US–Canadian border (Edwards, pp. 81–101).

• The em dash (but not the en dash) is also used to set off the sources of quotes:

  Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice. —Mahatma Gandhi

Darien Dash (born July 21, 1992), better known by his stage name Dash (stylized as Da$H), is an American rapper from Hackensack, New Jersey. Apart from his solo career, Dash is a member of The H'z, alongside longtime friend and frequent collaborator RetcH. Dash is also an affiliate of ASAP Mob, alongside ASAP Rocky and ASAP Ferg. He frequently works with record producer Mordecai Beats, with whom he released the mixtape La Cienega, in 2012. Dash has also collaborated with several prominent rappers, including Ab-Soul, Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples and Mac Miller.

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As of 2016, Dash is among the top-7 most popular cryptocurrencies.