Quick definitions from Macmillan ( )

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Quick definitions from WordNet (dash)

▸ noun:  a quick run
▸ noun:  the act of moving with great haste ("He made a dash for the door")
▸ noun:  distinctive and stylish elegance ("He wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer")
▸ noun:  the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
▸ noun:  a footrace run at top speed ("He is preparing for the 100-yard dash")
▸ noun:  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
▸ verb:  destroy or break ("Dashed ambitions and hopes")
▸ verb:  add an enlivening or altering element to ("Blue paint dashed with white")
▸ verb:  run or move very quickly or hastily ("She dashed into the yard")
▸ verb:  break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
▸ verb:  hurl or thrust violently ("He dashed the plate against the wall")
▸ verb:  cause to lose courage ("Dashed by the refusal")
▸ name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #7683)

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