Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
dash (verb)transitive verb
1.
to break by striking or knocking
2.
to knock, hurl, or thrust violently
3.
- splash spatter
4.
a) - ruin destroy the news dashed his hopes
b) - depress sadden
c) to make ashamed
5.
to affect by mixing in something different - his delight was dashed with bitterness
6.
to complete, execute, or finish off hastily - used with down or off dashed down a drink dash off a letter
7.
intransitive verb
euphemism - damn
1.
to move with sudden speed
2.
- smash
1.
a) archaic - blow
b) (1) a sudden burst or splash
(2) the sound produced by such a burst
2.
a) a stroke of a pen
b) a punctuation mark — that is used especially to indicate a break in the thought or structure of a sentence
3.
a small usually distinctive addition - a dash of salt a dash of humor
4.
flashy display
5.
animation in style and action
6.
a) a sudden onset, rush, or attempt
b) a short fast race
7.
a long click or buzz forming a letter or part of a letter (as in Morse code)
8.
- dashboard
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
dash (noun)active strength of body or mind
SYNONIMS:
beans, bounce, brio, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, hardihood, juice, life, moxie, oomph, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zipRELATED WORDS:
animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity; ardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zeal; main, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strength; brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virility; health, healthiness, soundness, verdure, wellnessNEAR ANTONYMS:
indolence, laziness; debilitation, debility, delicacy, disablement, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, infirmity, powerlessness, puniness, slightness, softness, tenderness, weakness; enervation, exhaustion, inanition, prostration1.
to go at a pace faster than a walk
SYNONIMS:
dash, gallop, jog, scamper, sprint, trip, trotRELATED WORDS:
bound, canter, leap, lope, shag, skip, spring; barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [], bowl, breeze, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, course, foot (it), hare, hasten, hie, hoof (it), hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, leg (it), pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, rush, rustle, shoot, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom; nip, patter, scoot, scurry, scuttle, step (along)NEAR ANTONYMS:
amble, saunter, shamble, shuffle, stroll; crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; lumber, plod, trudge; hobble, limp2.
to proceed or move quickly
SYNONIMS:
barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb, bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoomRELATED WORDS:
beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle; stampede, streak, whiz ( whizz); gallop, jog, sprint; accelerate, quicken, step out; catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake; arrow, beelineNEAR ANTONYMS:
dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll; decelerate, slow (down up)3.
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
SYNONIMS:
cast, catapult, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, lob, loft, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, tossRELATED WORDS:
bowl, dart, flip, gun, hook, pass, roll, shoot; buck, eject, impel, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, thrust4.
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy
SYNONIMS:
bespatter, dash, plash, spatter, splatterRELATED WORDS:
drench, drown, impregnate, saturate, soak, sop, souse, steep; bathe, douse ( dowse), wash, water; slop, slush, spray, sprinkle, squirt5.
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets
SYNONIMS:
dash, slop, slosh, spatter, swashRELATED WORDS:
dabble, lap, plash, wash; spray, sprinkle, spritz; squirt6.
to make sad
SYNONIMS:
bum (out), burden, dash, deject, get down, oppress, sadden, weigh downRELATED WORDS:
ail, distress, trouble; afflict, torment, torture; daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, get down, unnerve; agitate, bother, concern, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, disturb, exercise, freak (out), perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worryNEAR ANTONYMS:
animate, enliven, invigorate; assure, comfort, console, reassure, solace, soothe; excite, inspire, stimulate; elate, exhilarate; encourage, hearten; delight, gratify, please; boost, elevate, lift, uplift