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单词 dash
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Idioms for dash

    cut a dash, to make a striking impression; be ostentatious or showy.

Origin of dash

1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English verb dashen, daishen, dassen “to strike violently (as with a weapon)”; perhaps from Old Norse; compare Danish daske “to slap, flap,” Swedish daska “to slap (with an open hand)”; the noun is derivative of the verb

SYNONYMS FOR dash

10 dart, bolt.
11 pinch, bit; touch.
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synonym study for dash

10. See rush1.

Words nearby dash

Darwin's finches, Darwin tulip, das, DASD, Dasehra, dash, dashboard, dashcam, dashed, dasheen, dasher

Definition for dash (2 of 3)

dash2
[ dash ]
/ dæʃ /

verb (used with object) Chiefly British.

to damn (usually used as an interjection).

Origin of dash

2
First recorded in 1790–1800; euphemism based on d—n, printed form of damn

Definition for dash (3 of 3)

dash3
[ dash ]
/ dæʃ /
(in West Africa)

noun

a tip, bribe, or recompense.
bribery.

verb (used with object)

to give a tip or bribe to (especially a government employee).

Origin of dash

3
First recorded in 1780–1790; perhaps alteration of dashee “gratuity, gift, tip,” used on the African coast along the Gulf of Guinea
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Example sentences from the Web for dash

British Dictionary definitions for dash (1 of 3)

dash1
/ (dæʃ) /

verb (mainly tr)

noun

Word Origin for dash

Middle English dasche, dasse

British Dictionary definitions for dash (2 of 3)

dash2
/ (dæʃ) /

interjection

informal a euphemistic word for damn (def. 1), damn (def. 2)

British Dictionary definitions for dash (3 of 3)

dash3
/ (dæʃ) Western African /

noun

a gift, commission, tip, or bribe

verb

to give (a dash) to someone

Word Origin for dash

C16: perhaps from Fanti
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for dash

dash

A punctuation mark (—) used to indicate a sudden break in thought, to set off parenthetical material, or to take the place of such expressions as that is and namely: “He's running for reelection — if he lives until then”; “Very few people in this class — three, to be exact — have completed their projects”; “She joined the chorus for only one reason — she loves to sing.” In the last example, where the parenthetical material comes at the end of the sentence rather than in the middle, a colon could be used instead of the dash.

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