Usually means: Horizontal lines used for punctuation.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. dashes: Merriam-Webster
  2. dashes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dashes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Dashes, dashes: Wordnik
  5. dashes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. dashes: Wiktionary
  7. dashes: Dictionary.com
  8. dashes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. dashes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dashes: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dashes: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dashes: Idioms

(Note: See dash as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (DASH)

noun:  (typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
noun:  (computing) A hyphen or minus sign.
noun:  (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
noun:  A short run, flight.
noun:  A rushing or violent onset.
noun:  Violent strike; a whack.
noun:  A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
noun:  (figurative, by extension) A slight admixture.
noun:  Ostentatious vigor.
noun:  (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia) A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
noun:  (dated, euphemistic) A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)
noun:  (Internet, informal) The dashboard of a social media user.
verb:  (intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.
verb:  (transitive) To destroy by striking (against).
verb:  (transitive) To throw violently.
verb:  (ambitransitive, sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
verb:  (transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
verb:  (transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
verb:  (transitive, usually with down or off) To complete hastily.
verb:  (transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.
verb:  (transitive, dated, euphemistic) Damn (in forming oaths).
noun:  A topographic surname.
noun:  (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
noun:  Short for dashboard. [(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.]
noun:  (web development, video) Acronym of Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP.
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