dash

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Rhymes: -æʃ

[edit] Noun

dash (plural dashes)

(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).

sometimes dash is also used colloquially to refer to a hyphen or minus sign.
A short run.
A small quantity of a liquid substance; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

Add a dash of vinegar
A dashboard.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 31:
  
  The dash clock said 2:38 when […] I turned off a dirt road […] .
One of the two symbols of Morse code.

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See also Wikisaurus:dash

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punctuation mark

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Punctuation

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
braces (publishing, music, programming) ( { } )
brackets (publishing, programming) ( [ ] )
colon ( : )

comma ( , )
dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
ellipsis ( … )
exclamation mark ( ! )
full stop (British) or period (North America) ( . )
guillemets (publishing) ( « » )

hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
interpunct (publishing, web design) ( · )
interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
parentheses ( ( ) )

question mark ( ? )
quotation marks (formal, British) ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )
quotation marks (informal, North America, computing) ( " ) ( ' )

semicolon ( ; )
slash ( / )
solidus (dated, mathematics) ( ⁄ )
space ( )

[edit] Translations

typographic symbol

Arabic: شحطة (ar) (sháHTa) f., شرطة (ar) (shárTa) f.
Bulgarian: тире (bg) n.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 破折號 (cmn), 破折号 (cmn) (pòzhéhào)
Czech: pomlčka (cs) f.
Dutch: streepje n., koppelteken n.
Finnish: ajatusviiva (fi), viiva (fi)
French: tiret (fr) m.
German: Gedankenstrich (de) m.
Greek: παύλα (el) f.

Hungarian: kötőjel (hu), gondolatjel (hu)
Japanese: ダッシュ (ja) (dasshu)
Macedonian: црта (mk) (c'rta) f., тире (mk) (tiré) n.
Norwegian: bindestrek (no) m.
Polish: myślnik m., półpauza f. (en dash), pauza f. (as em dash)
Portuguese: travessão m.
Russian: (indeclinable) тире (ru) (tiré) n.
Scottish Gaelic: sgrìob (gd) f.
Spanish: raya (es) f., guión largo (es) m.
Welsh: ystremp (cy) f., ystrempiau (cy) pl.

short run

Bulgarian: втурване (bg) n., спринт (bg) m.
Dutch: sprint (nl) m.
Esperanto: sprinto (eo)
Finnish: spurtti (fi), pinkaisu (fi)
French: sprint (fr) m.

Greek: εξόρμηση (el) (eksórmisi) f., έφοδος (el) (éfoðos) f.
Japanese: 疾走 (ja) (しっそう, shissō)
Polish: sprint (pl) m.
Russian: спринт (ru) (sprint) m., бросок (ru) (brosók) m.
Scottish Gaelic: deann (gd) f., leum (gd) m.

small quantity of liquid

Dutch: scheutje n.
Finnish: tilkka (fi)
French: soupçon (fr) m.

Polish: kropla (pl) f.
Spanish: gota (es) f., pizca (es) f.

Morse code symbol

Bulgarian: тире (bg) n.
Finnish: viiva (fi)
French: trait (fr) m., ta (fr) m.

Greek: μακρόν (el) (makrón) n., παύλα (el) (pávla) f.
Polish: kreska (pl) f.
Spanish: raya (es) f.

[edit] Verb

dash (third-person singular simple present dashes, present participle dashing, simple past and past participle dashed)

(intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.

He dashed across the field.
(intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.

I have to dash now. See you soon.
(transitive) To destroy by striking (against).

He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
  
  "`Silence! If you make a sound I shall take him and dash his brains out before your very eyes.'
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4
  
  Kala was the youngest mate of a male called Tublat, meaning broken nose, and the child she had seen dashed to death was her first; for she was but nine or ten years old.
(transitive) To throw violently.

The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.
(transitive) To sprinkle; to splatter.
(transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.

Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.
- 2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, BBC:
  
  Arsenal's hopes of starting their Champions League campaign with an away win were dashed when substitute Ivan Perisic's superb late volley rescued a point for Borussia Dortmund.
(transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.

Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.
(transitive) To complete hastily, usually with down or off.

He dashed down his eggs, she dashed off her homework
To draw quickly; jot
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
  
  "Scarborough," Mrs. Flanders wrote on the envelope, and dashed a bold line beneath; it was her native town; the hub of the universe.