dash

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Noun
1. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
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2. a quick run
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3. a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
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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
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5. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
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6. the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
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Verb
1. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
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2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
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3. hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
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4. destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
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5. cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
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6. add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"
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