Definition of dash in English:

dash

verb daʃdæʃ

1no object, usually with adverbial of direction Run or travel somewhere in a great hurry.
I dashed into the garden
I must dash, I'm late
Example sentencesExamples
- There's so much more that could be said, but Fraser is dying to get on the computer, so I must dash now!
- Must dash now and prepare my body for pampering.
- He quickly swept his daughter into his arms, grabbed his travel bag and dashed towards the open door and into the chaos of the ship.
- Must dash, I've got to send off for my I-Spy membership pack.
- He was almost certain he saw something dash behind a tree.
- Aylmer had reached the roof again, his faint shadow flickering across the lights as he dashed along the edge.
- Must dash now, need to soak my feet in vinegar to toughen them up.
- Must dash, will reply to other post comments later.
- Well, I must dash or I'll miss my bus.
- With a future meeting arranged, I turned my head and dashed at full speed back to McDonalds.
- Jonah dashed along the path, his bare feet sending up little puffs of dust with every step.
- Other people could be seen on the streets now, hurrying animals that dashed in and out of store to cars or homes, getting what needed to be done, done.
- Indeed, the lion pounced and the two scuffled, which ended with Hope Butler running out the door in a hurry, dashing as far she could across the concrete jungle.
- He dashed at maximum speed towards the command center avoiding the laser, plasma and pulse fire heading towards him.
- Running now at her full speed, she dashed to the edge of the lake, where a large bolder rose up above the water.
- Speaking of Timbuktu, that's where my next televised adventure's going to be from, and I must dash there.
- Drew and Seigi dashed out and hurried towards their fathers, calling and laughing as they ran.
- It is a Wednesday morning and Roly Squire has a small window of time before he must dash across Leeds for the main operating session of the week.
- She grabbed the note from Sarah's hand, being careful not to tear it, and dashed out the front door.
- He picked up speed and dashed through the ever-increasing crosswinds of sand.
Synonyms
rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, bound, fly, speed, streak, zoom, plunge, dive, whisk, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble
informal tear, belt, pelt, scoot, zap, zip, whip, step on it, get a move on, hotfoot it, leg it, go hell for leather, steam, put on some speed, go like a bat out of hell, burn rubber
British informal bomb, go like the clappers, bucket, put one's foot down
Scottish informal wheech
North American informal boogie, hightail it, clip, barrel, get the lead out
informal, dated cut along
North American vulgar slang drag/tear/haul ass
literary fleet
archaic post, hie, haste
2with object and adverbial of direction Strike or fling (something) somewhere with great force, especially so as to have a destructive effect; hurl.
the ship was dashed upon the rocks
Example sentencesExamples
- A predatory fish may eat it, or a strong current may dash it against a rock.
- He walks on water without dashing his foot against a river rock.
- One could observe where the power of the Southern Ocean sweeps its mighty rollers up to dash their force onto the land.
- He dashed the handset on a rock before stamping on the thin circuit boards and shattering them beyond use.
- I found Liberman and Nunberg the other day just about ready to dash glasses of Chardonnay in each other's faces.
- Bearded vultures are the only living birds known to access bone marrow, which they do by dashing bones onto rocks from great heights.
- Living on the edge of precipices, it will raise skeletons high into the sky, dash them onto the rocks, and then extract the marrow with its curved beak.
- Ah, how the heady idealism of youth is dashed upon the rocks of the pragmatism of adulthood.
- I was suddenly aware of the breezes rustling the grasses, tossing the branches of the trees to and fro, dashing the leaves against each other.
Synonyms
hurl, smash, crash, slam, throw, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, flip, catapult, shy, aim, direct, project, propel, send, bowl
informal chuck, heave, sling, buzz, whang, bung
North American informal peg
Australian informal hoy
New Zealand informal bish
1. 2.1no object, with adverbial of direction Strike forcefully against something.
  a gust of rain dashed against the bricks
  Example sentencesExamples
  Not proper rain, not good rain - but a light, spitting rain that came dashing down from the peaks and was too cold to make the grass grow.
  It's a dirty old night out there, wind howling, rain dashing against the windows, not at all the kind of night to move far from the fireside.
  Synonyms
  be hurled, crash, smash
  batter, strike, beat, pound, pummel, lash, slam into
2. 2.2with object Destroy or frustrate (hopes or expectations)
  the budget dashed hopes of an increase in funding
  Example sentencesExamples
  His hopes of driving in the opening rounds at Brands Hatch earlier this month were dashed due to the late delivery of one of the York City Racing Team's new Honda Accord cars.
  But then the union representatives left, hopes were dashed, the strike was on.
  That feeling was unceremoniously dashed that evening when I found out about the chicken pox.
  Last week, peace hopes at Acas were dashed after bosses claimed the union walked out and Aslef officials said management did not turn up.
  Chessington and Hook United Football Club has been thrown a lifeline to help recover from debts threatening to dash promotion dreams.
  Hopes of winning millions of pounds worth of grant aid were dashed for sports organisations across the country yesterday.
  He had been drinking heavily as a way of escape since his dreams of going into the marines or the fire service were dashed due to injuries caused in a motorbike accident.
  Frankie Dettori's bid to notch up his third straight victory in the race was dashed as his mount Doyen finished fourth.
  Hopes that the home side might effect a comeback were dashed by another early blow, as Hurst nodded home a right-wing corner only forty seconds after the restart.
  But 25 years ago my dreams were dashed as I grew too tall to fit inside.
  But hopes of a famous comeback victory were dashed when Bob Beswick forced his way over, Melling goaling for a 30-22 lead.
  Lauren, who has been dancing since she was just three years-old, hopes to become a professional dancer, but knows her hopes will be dashed if the course shuts.
  This suggested a rapid resolution, only for those hopes to be dashed when the mission turns out to have come terribly close to catastrophe.
  The plans were almost dashed when lorry driver Daniel, 23, injured his knee and scuppered his chances of running the race.
  Hopes that the workmen would finish the job on Monday were dashed when they left before lunchtime, with the chimney and rubble still in place.
  Hopes have been dashed for all 38 employees of the ill-fated car dealership DC Cook with the announcement that they are being made redundant.
  Their anticipation was dashed, however, as marker Sylvain Guilhem intercepted the move when a score seemed a certainty.
  After our plan to snorkel Wednesday was cruelly dashed by a huge thunderstorm, today we finally made it snorkeling.
  Overnight hopes that the whale could escape by its own efforts were dashed when it was spotted further upstream than it was late on Friday, fighting against the current.
  The year 2000 started out full of hope for all of us but, sadly, during the course of the past year for the farming community many of those hopes have already been dashed.
  Synonyms
  shatter, destroy, wreck, ruin, crush, devastate, demolish, wreak havoc with, blast, blight, wipe out, overturn, torpedo, scotch, spoil, frustrate, thwart, baulk, check
  burst someone's bubble
  informal put the kibosh on, banjax, do for, blow a hole in, nix, put paid to, queer
  British informal scupper, dish
  archaic bring to naught
3. 2.3with object Cause (someone) to lose confidence; dispirit.
  I won't tell Stuart—I think he'd be dashed
  Example sentencesExamples
  This rather dashed me, though he doesn't know that I am a diarist, and is probably unaware that I am somewhat simple-minded.
  Synonyms
  depress, dispirit, dishearten, grieve, desolate, discourage, upset, get down, bring down, cast down, dampen someone's spirits, cast a gloom on, bring tears to someone's eyes, break someone's heart, make someone's heart bleed

exclamationdaʃdæʃ

British informal

Used to express mild annoyance.
dash it all, I am in charge
Example sentencesExamples
- Oh dash it... I think I got a problem!
Synonyms
damn, damnation, blast, hell, heck, gordon bennett

noun daʃdæʃ

1An act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily.
she made a dash for the door
Example sentencesExamples
- As the prisoner and his escort left the car, O'Reilly made a dash for freedom by skipping over a fence and jumping into the sea.
- I autographed some books, including McTeer's, posed for a few photos, and, running late for my plane, made a dash for the exit.
- If the couple had stayed in their room they would probably have survived, he said, but because they made a dash for it they fell unconscious after a few paces because of the high levels of fumes.
- Then just after 3.30 pm, a group of people shepherding a woman with a coat over her head appeared at the hotel door and made a dash for a waiting car.
- So there's a mad dash to the kitchen with me rummaging through every cupboard and drawer imaginable to find a damn cork screw.
- If you live in the woods and haven't planned how you'd make a fast dash in the face of a wildfire, you've got some thinking to do.
- Even without the need to keep on the lookout for the neighbors as I made a mad dash to a waiting taxi, the boardinghouse had become nothing more than a crash pad.
- As the robbers made a dash for it, he escaped into his business premises and closed the burglar-proof roll shutters.
- Then quick dash round downstairs, pick up some tops, ostensibly for work, but probably unsuitable with those necklines, and home within two hours of leaving the office.
- I don't know how many times a strap has slipped off my shoulder or a handle cut into my hand during a mad dash from one gate to another at some airport.
- I made a dash for the door, and as I did I triggered the electronic video sensors at the store entrance, which wailed tumultuously as I broke out onto the street.
- The new initiative comes just months after a defendant leapt over the dock at Southend court and made a dash for freedom.
- I dragged him outside and started shutting all the doors and windows - He just looked at me horrified and made a mad dash back inside.
- That only left time to visit the tearooms for a superb Devonshire cream tea, before the heavens opened again, and we made a dash for the car.
- Winger Chris Watts was soon in action with a determined touchline dash as the second half began and Sinfield was again to the fore with a barging 20-metre burst.
- Other people leave it until the train has stopped, everyone else has already got on and off, and then they make a mad dash for the door, just passing through as the doors begin to close again.
- I was amazed when, after the movie, instead of everyone making a mad dash to the door, most remained seated, simply starring up at the credits on the screen.
- Kevin made a mad dash for the passageway as the room imploded.
- Upon hearing this Lexy turned away and started towards the bathroom wanting desperately wanting to make her walk into a mad dash.
- Excitable children made a dash for the first row, only to be pushed back by equally enthusiastic adults.
1. 1.1 A journey or period of time characterized by urgency or eager haste.
  a 20-mile dash to the airport
  Example sentencesExamples
  We had a mad dash across Paris in the rush-hour to catch our connection to the South and nearly missed it because of confusion over our sleeper-tickets.
  You can take a fifteen minute dash by helicopter for an overall impression of the island before the machine lands for a closer look at the volcanic activity.
  The Warriors players were hand-picked for the advert after weeks of selection procedures which ended with a mad dash to the final audition straight after a game.
  A top police display dog was saved from choking to death by a quick-acting vet and a fast dash in a police car.
  Nineteen services were axed last night and seven cancelled during this morning's dash to work as efforts continued to restore power after the weekend's blaze.
  It's good to have a garden in which to potter, that's for sure, and potter is most of what I've done today, apart from a mad dash out to collect my pension and have a fish-and-chips lunch.
  The team joins the men's Clan on the road as they prepare for their games against the University of Saskatchewan as they make a mad dash for the playoffs.
  From there the runners tackled Snowden, then it was another dash to get into the treacherous Menai Straits before the tide turned and made the passage impossible.
  Holidaymakers Hazel and David Matchett have described their terrifying last minute dash to safety as they fled Hurricane Ivan.
  Help build a brighter future for children with autism - and you could win a £500 supermarket trolley dash.
  They jam the roads, stop and start on bridges, pour hydrocarbons into the air and jostle for bus seats, all in a mad dash to and from offices.
  Comments on everything from television coverage following the disaster, to donations, refugees and Ray Martin's dash to the disaster zone.
  Monday night consisted of a mad dash to Miami airport and a flight up to Orlando where the serious work began.
  But when she woke up at four in the morning with contractions, it became clear very quickly there would be no time for a mad dash across west Wiltshire.
  From now, there's a mad dash to election day, and the candidates are just going to do their stump speeches.
  So, when a good house - or in this case, two good houses - go up for sale, potential buyers had better dash immediately round to the estate agent and be prepared to form an orderly queue.
  This is great news - not just for fast-tiring toddlers, but also for hyperadrenalised teens keen to make one last dash round the big attractions before shut-up time.
  If so, I should by now be unable to contain my excitement about the eclipse, and be packing my suitcase for a once-in-a-lifetime dash to Cornwall.
  My instructor told the student would have been no dash across Europe by the Third Army if not for the tremendous logistical effort made on their behalf.
  In less compelling boobal news, Pauline Hanson has announced her intention to make a last minute dash for election to the Senate as an independent.
2. 1.2North American A short, fast race run in one heat; a sprint.
  the 100 m dash
  Example sentencesExamples
  Clarett ran two 40-yard dashes, the official times of which have yet to come out.
  Today we get to run the dashes and do pole vaults and other stuff.
  He runs two 40-yard dashes, and the scouts huddle to compare their stopwatches.
  He ran track and held records in both the 100 and 200-yard dashes.
  The country's leading sprinters kick off the heats with the 50m dash - a tough line-up to just make the semi-final among the men.
  The 1200 metre dash will contain a top class field.
  He runs the fastest 40-yard dash of any defensive tackle, 4.85 seconds.
  Jason Fedee won the men's 100 metre dash with Mandela Clifford second.
  He has taken part in every event from the 100 m dash to a 42-km marathon.
  Chris Strickland, a member of the Mohegan tribe, will throw the javelin, shot put and discus and run the 100-meter dash.
  Surprisingly, his interest in sports sparked off as recently as 1995, when a friend enrolled him in a 100 m dash, in which he won.
  The competition was not all for students - teachers also got in on the act when they competed in a 100-meter dash.
  At the Indianapolis combine, only three cornerbacks ran four 40-yard dashes in the 4.3s.
  He passed Monday's test - a triple jump off either leg to display his right leg was as strong as his left and three timed 40-yard dashes.
  Yanes has qualified in the men's 100m dash and the 4x100m relay, along with Sukari, Subakir and John Murray.
  Canty took his from a crisp 100m in 11.5sec and Stevens matched this from his 11.4sec hurdles dash.
  The money was generated from the seventh annual ‘Wiener Dog Challenge,’ in which Dachshunds compete in a series of 70-yard dashes.
  Mornings can feel like a 50-yard dash, racing from the gym to the kids' school to the workplace.
  He has won two silver medals in 100m dash, four silver medals and bronze medals in javelin throw and discus throw in national-level competitions.
  On the men's side, Adrian Blair had a fifth-place finish in the first heat of the 60m dash with a time of 7.25 seconds.
  Synonyms
  rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, leap, charge, plunge, dive, bound, break, scamper, scramble
  stampede
2A small quantity of a liquid added to something else.
whisky with a dash of soda
Example sentencesExamples
- Pastry - beat 125g butter with 50g golden syrup and a dash of lemon juice until light and fluffy.
- Ingredients: the usual flour, eggs, milk, yeast, etc. - plus a dash of 7UP to help the yeast rise.
- To produce a working product, engineers at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain added a dash of methanol and a catalyst to the jojoba oil.
- Produced from a blend of the native Nero d' Avola and Frappato grapes with just a dash of Cabernet Sauvignon, this has deep dark secrets that unfold easily in your glass.
- A dash of yoghurt, a splash of honey, a mask of egg white and the kiss of other life giving substances left my skin glowing.
- Add a dash of lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste
- East of the beach is Udder Delight, a unique St. Thomas dairy serving creamy milkshakes with a dash of Cruzan rum, a longtime local tradition.
- You can bet that nuance of orange in your ice-cream owes more to a dash of Grand Marnier than to a squeeze of the real thing.
- Niewoudt and Theron did nothing worse than slip a little green pepper extract and a dash of fruit juice flavourant into the tanks when nobody was looking.
- We appreciated just how well milk, chocolate powder (if tastes allow, a dash of coffee) go with rum or vodka, a cold shake with a kick.
- A Mochatail for those daring enough to drink one is a dash of espresso coffee, sprinkled with chocolate cookie, topped with whipped cream.
- This recipe, provided by the Alberta Turkey Producers, spikes a stock made from the Christmas turkey carcass with herbs and a dash of hot pepper sauce.
- ‘The students come in and have a treble vodka with a dash of Corky's and a dash of coke, for £3.50,’ said Arthur.
- For a quick and easy sauce I add two tablespoons of Frank's Red Hot with Lime, one tablespoon of tomato paste, a pinch of salt and a dash of vinegar.
- Every morning before breakfast, comb hair, apply makeup, a dash of cologne, and perhaps some simple earrings.
- In addition to the lemon juice, you can use a dash of vinegar to pep up bland leaves (although if you've grown your own, you won't have to).
- But the white powder you mix up yourself with water, supplemented with a dash of UniBond PVA adhesive, will solve most household filling problems.
- The dip, composed of vinegar, a splash of soy sauce and a dash of red chili, could use a certain extra something to give it more of a zing, as the roll was in need of a little something to wake up the taste buds.
- Develop/wash in a flat-bottomed tray containing water with a dash of washing-up liquid added.
Synonyms
drop, few drops, splash, dribble, trickle, spot, hint, touch, bit
1. 2.1 A small amount of a quality that adds piquancy or distinctiveness to something else.
  a casual atmosphere with a dash of sophistication
  Example sentencesExamples
  All that is charming about Australian wine, with a dash of sophistication.
  Like many a group before them, they had met at art school, and not surprisingly they added a dash of colour to both their image and music.
  The answer is to spice up the dish with a pinch of sex and add a dash of glamour in the shape of actress Diane Lane.
  Then add traditional English Christmas songs and carols, stir in a dash of humour and a pinch of pantomime and sprinkle with magic-dust.
  The latest trend in interior design seems to suggest that there is nothing like a dash of antiquity to lend beauty and elegance to a room.
  The meet and the hunt provided a dash of colour in the lives of all during the otherwise drab British winter.
  Kittichai brings a taste of Bangkok, with a dash of international fusion, to Soho.
  Every track is distinct from the last with its added dash of Erasure magic installed within.
  The score relies on a tried-and-true recipe to generate suspense: a little bit of Psycho, a pinch of Jaws, a dash of sweeping melody.
  Like most everything in Russia these days, the event had a whiff of great import with a big dash of farce.
  Rood sounds like it belongs in ‘84-a bit o’ punk, a dash of watered-down new wave and a pinch of pop.
  Synonyms
  small amount, touch, sprinkle, pinch, taste, lick, spot, drop, dab, speck, smack, smattering, sprinkling, splash, dribble, trickle, grain, soupçon, trace, bit, modicum, little, suggestion, suspicion, hint, scintilla, tinge, tincture, whiff, whisper, overtone, undertone, nuance, colouring
  informal smidgen, tad
3A horizontal stroke in writing or printing to mark a pause or break in sense or to represent omitted letters or words.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their use of the dash in the letters seems consistent with its use in much nineteenth - century correspondence.
- This book's a success, it's true, even though it's about commas, apostrophes, colons, dashes and other marks.
- If you don't know whether or not to use a colon, a semicolon, or a dash, cut that sentence down!
- She answered in a fluently written letter punctuated by dashes about the death of her husband.
- Often their three lines are split into two parts, by a colon or a dash, with an imaginative distance between the two sections.
- Modern editors turn to dashes and exclamation marks to transcribe these rapid changes in thought and speech.
- Consigned to the unlovely basket are colons and semicolons, and dashes and parentheses.
- Remember, when copying a site's URL from the newspaper or other media you need to get the URL correct - no spaces, dashes and capital letters only where noted.
- I turn off nearly every automatic feature there is, from conversion of hyphens to appropriate dashes, to AutoCorrect and AutoFormat.
- In less formal writing, the dash is often a catch-all mark to take the place of both colon and semicolon, obviating the need to distinguish them or think about more subtle kinds of punctuation.
- Dots and dashes make all the difference to a website address - as Colchester Council is just discovering.
- Consider for a start all finite sequences of the twenty six letters of the English alphabet, the ten digits, a comma, a full stop, a dash and a blank space.
1. 3.1 The longer signal of the two used in Morse code.
  Compare with dot
  Example sentencesExamples
  It works like Morse code, which is a way to transmit the alphabet over radio waves using dots (short beeps) and dashes (long beeps).
  The radio operator tuned in to the appropriate Sonne station, counted the number of dots or dashes heard, and referred these to a special map to read off the bearing.
  Morse Code uses a series of dots and dashes to transmit and receive messages.
  Perhaps the most famous coding is Morse Code, which converts letters of the alphabet into series of dots and dashes.
  Today, when we think of telegraphs we think of electric telegraphs, we think of wires and Morse code and dots and dashes and telegrams and that sort of thing.
  Both transmitted in simplified Morse code, one solely dots, the other solely dashes.
  The sound of the dots and dashes of the radio range in my earphones, and the instrument panel was my whole world.
2. 3.2Music A short vertical mark placed above or beneath a note to indicate that it is to be performed in a very staccato manner.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The composer's intentions may be notated as dots, dashes, accents, and slurs.
4mass noun Impetuous or flamboyant vigour and confidence; panache.
he has youthful energy, dash, and charisma
Example sentencesExamples
- Portlaoise are still missing the style and dash that won them so many admirers as they swept through Laois and Leinster and contested an All Ireland club final this year.
- It is these characteristics that give these Mozart performances, with the violinist doubling as soloist and director of the OAE, such dash and vitality.
- An all-time Parsi eleven would open with Engineer and Contractor, dash at one end, caution at the other.
- Brimming with this new dash of energy, Darteil just needed one more psychological push.
- A London journalist has summed up the divergencies of the eight teams concerned in the current cup ties in this way: Aston Villa - Clever without much dash or abandon.
- But at its best, especially in the fiction, there is a fantastic sense of energy, intellectual fearlessness, contingency, reckless dash.
- As it happens, Dreamers of the Day is turning out to be magical realism, but in a very flat midwestern way with a whole lot of realism and just a rather bemused dash of magical.
- Indeed, he did not have his father's dash, his abilities as a military commander, his diplomatic skill or his immense intellect.
- A politician of flair and dash and, when roused by the occasion, an impressive parliamentary speaker, Derby never realized the early promise of his career.
- From freaky fêtes to wacky races, we British will be dispersing across the country with our trademark enthusiasm, eccentricity and, on occasion, a dash of style.
- Two others who played a huge role for Naomh Eoin were wingbacks Johnny Murphy and John Cleary who flanked the steady Niall Foley with style and dash.
- It is cute, astute, cerebral football, a mirror image of their studious manager though with an added dash of style and panache.
- If the winners emerge with some dash in their style, they may also have to contend with being All-Ireland favourites.
- We wouldn't have been surprised to see them the next day disporting themselves on the golf course or the Tennis court with equal verve and dash.
- Combined with driving large timber trucks, these things define a certain kind of dash among young Kayan men.
- For some onlookers it will not be enough merely for Brazil or Germany to win the World Cup trophy tonight, they will have had to do it with dash and style.
- The Stoltzmans played it with dash and brio to spare.
- And to add extra dash Willie has Alexander Banquet vying for honours as well…
- Kilcummin were confounding the critics as they played with dash and flair, first to every ball as they attacked in waves.
Synonyms
verve, style, stylishness, flamboyance, gusto, zest, confidence, self-assurance, elan, flair, flourish, vigour, vivacity, vivaciousness, sparkle, brio, panache, éclat, exuberance, ebullience, enthusiasm, eagerness, vitality, dynamism, animation, liveliness, spirit, energy
informal pizzazz, pep, oomph, vim, zing, get-up-and-go
5informal
an indicator on the dash tells you what gear you are in
short for dashboard
Example sentencesExamples
- I like the style of the interior, but the location of the dials in the middle of the dash is not good.
- The dash layout is brilliant, with logically-placed controls and an uncluttered layout, but that's by-the-by.
- The steering wheel and the dash are also made of the light and very strong material which has been used in Formula one since 1988.
- The driver flipped a control on his dash and a green light appeared.
- You have to take your eyes off the road, look down to twiddle a knob then check the screen on the dash, all to find the right function.
- If there is a pressure loss of 7 psi or more, then there is a warning light activated on the dash.
- The oblong LCD panel perched on top of the dash displays the sat nav instructions.
- Wash and polish the bodywork, clean and polish the wheels to get rid of any engrained brake dust, vacuum and shampoo the interior and give the dash and steering wheel a good buffing.
- Smart key technology is standard; engine start/stop is performed through a pushbutton on the dash.
- This is enlivened by Mondial blue flourishes on the dash, sports steering wheel and gearstick, and the same drilled aluminium pedals as the 172.
- The sat nav, which slides out of the top of the dash Bond-style, can be a bit tricky to read sometimes and the controls - located on the back of the steering wheel - are a bit fiddly.
- But the price for having those clever little electronic maps built into your dash is still far too high for true volume sales to take off.
- Three pods in the centre of the dash house the primary instruments, while the minor controls are grouped together beneath them.
- I don't like the controls in the middle of the dash for the satellite navigation; they were horrible.
- The dash is nicely finished in silver metal effect and there are plenty of cubbyholes for storage, even a shelf above the driver's head, although the glovebox is tiny.
- Those trademark Smart eye-like dials are there, protruding from the top of the dash, while the rest of the layout is well designed using good quality plastics.
- A long dashboard reaches deep into the sloping windscreen with almost none of the bonnet visible as you peer over the dash.
- The dash is neatly laid out and a pop-up panel houses the screen for the sat nav which can be tilted to remove glare.
- Power windows, locks and mirrors and CD in the dash, are very upscale options for that little bit of cash.
- The on-off switch should be mounted in a convenient location on the dash and within your reach.

Phrasal Verbs

dash something off

Write something hurriedly and without much premeditation.
I dashed off a quick letter
Example sentencesExamples
- The excuse for churning out a far less funny film, it seemed, was simple: ‘We just dashed it off.’
- We were confronted by a row of little pictures that not only looked as though they had been dashed off at high speed, but plainly were considered by their makers to be complete.
- John Taylor's paper was dashed off and sent to the scientific journal Nature for publication.
- You law students might think that we old law profs just dash these things off in an hour, but, in fact, it takes some doing.
- I tend to dash things off without thinking so much.
- A minor project for the master architect, perhaps, but with a grandness indicating that he didn't just dash it off.
Synonyms
scribble, write hurriedly, write untidily, write illegibly, scratch, scrawl, doodle, jot, jot down

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'strike forcibly against'): probably symbolic of forceful movement and related to Swedish and Danish daska.

Rhymes

abash, ash, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, calash, cash, clash, crash, encash, flash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, Nash, panache, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, soutache, splash, stash, thrash, trash

Definition of dash in US English:

dash

verbdaSHdæʃ

1no object, usually with adverbial of direction Run or travel somewhere in a great hurry.
I dashed into the garden
I must dash, I'm late
Example sentencesExamples
- Must dash, will reply to other post comments later.
- She grabbed the note from Sarah's hand, being careful not to tear it, and dashed out the front door.
- He was almost certain he saw something dash behind a tree.
- Indeed, the lion pounced and the two scuffled, which ended with Hope Butler running out the door in a hurry, dashing as far she could across the concrete jungle.
- He quickly swept his daughter into his arms, grabbed his travel bag and dashed towards the open door and into the chaos of the ship.
- He dashed at maximum speed towards the command center avoiding the laser, plasma and pulse fire heading towards him.
- Must dash now and prepare my body for pampering.
- Must dash, I've got to send off for my I-Spy membership pack.
- He picked up speed and dashed through the ever-increasing crosswinds of sand.
- Well, I must dash or I'll miss my bus.
- With a future meeting arranged, I turned my head and dashed at full speed back to McDonalds.
- Drew and Seigi dashed out and hurried towards their fathers, calling and laughing as they ran.
- It is a Wednesday morning and Roly Squire has a small window of time before he must dash across Leeds for the main operating session of the week.
- Must dash now, need to soak my feet in vinegar to toughen them up.
- There's so much more that could be said, but Fraser is dying to get on the computer, so I must dash now!
- Other people could be seen on the streets now, hurrying animals that dashed in and out of store to cars or homes, getting what needed to be done, done.
- Running now at her full speed, she dashed to the edge of the lake, where a large bolder rose up above the water.
- Jonah dashed along the path, his bare feet sending up little puffs of dust with every step.
- Aylmer had reached the roof again, his faint shadow flickering across the lights as he dashed along the edge.
- Speaking of Timbuktu, that's where my next televised adventure's going to be from, and I must dash there.
Synonyms
rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, bound, fly, speed, streak, zoom, plunge, dive, whisk, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble
2with object and adverbial of direction Strike or fling (something) somewhere with great force, especially so as to have a destructive effect; hurl.
the ship was dashed upon the rocks
Example sentencesExamples
- Bearded vultures are the only living birds known to access bone marrow, which they do by dashing bones onto rocks from great heights.
- I found Liberman and Nunberg the other day just about ready to dash glasses of Chardonnay in each other's faces.
- Ah, how the heady idealism of youth is dashed upon the rocks of the pragmatism of adulthood.
- He walks on water without dashing his foot against a river rock.
- A predatory fish may eat it, or a strong current may dash it against a rock.
- He dashed the handset on a rock before stamping on the thin circuit boards and shattering them beyond use.
- I was suddenly aware of the breezes rustling the grasses, tossing the branches of the trees to and fro, dashing the leaves against each other.
- Living on the edge of precipices, it will raise skeletons high into the sky, dash them onto the rocks, and then extract the marrow with its curved beak.
- One could observe where the power of the Southern Ocean sweeps its mighty rollers up to dash their force onto the land.
Synonyms
hurl, smash, crash, slam, throw, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, flip, catapult, shy, aim, direct, project, propel, send, bowl
1. 2.1no object, with adverbial of direction Strike forcefully against something.
  a gust of rain dashed against the bricks
  Example sentencesExamples
  Not proper rain, not good rain - but a light, spitting rain that came dashing down from the peaks and was too cold to make the grass grow.
  It's a dirty old night out there, wind howling, rain dashing against the windows, not at all the kind of night to move far from the fireside.
  Synonyms
  be hurled, crash, smash
2. 2.2 Destroy or frustrate (a person's hopes or expectations)
  the budget dashed hopes of an increase in funding
  Example sentencesExamples
  But 25 years ago my dreams were dashed as I grew too tall to fit inside.
  Hopes of winning millions of pounds worth of grant aid were dashed for sports organisations across the country yesterday.
  Hopes have been dashed for all 38 employees of the ill-fated car dealership DC Cook with the announcement that they are being made redundant.
  This suggested a rapid resolution, only for those hopes to be dashed when the mission turns out to have come terribly close to catastrophe.
  The plans were almost dashed when lorry driver Daniel, 23, injured his knee and scuppered his chances of running the race.
  He had been drinking heavily as a way of escape since his dreams of going into the marines or the fire service were dashed due to injuries caused in a motorbike accident.
  But then the union representatives left, hopes were dashed, the strike was on.
  Last week, peace hopes at Acas were dashed after bosses claimed the union walked out and Aslef officials said management did not turn up.
  His hopes of driving in the opening rounds at Brands Hatch earlier this month were dashed due to the late delivery of one of the York City Racing Team's new Honda Accord cars.
  Hopes that the home side might effect a comeback were dashed by another early blow, as Hurst nodded home a right-wing corner only forty seconds after the restart.
  That feeling was unceremoniously dashed that evening when I found out about the chicken pox.
  Their anticipation was dashed, however, as marker Sylvain Guilhem intercepted the move when a score seemed a certainty.
  The year 2000 started out full of hope for all of us but, sadly, during the course of the past year for the farming community many of those hopes have already been dashed.
  Overnight hopes that the whale could escape by its own efforts were dashed when it was spotted further upstream than it was late on Friday, fighting against the current.
  Chessington and Hook United Football Club has been thrown a lifeline to help recover from debts threatening to dash promotion dreams.
  Lauren, who has been dancing since she was just three years-old, hopes to become a professional dancer, but knows her hopes will be dashed if the course shuts.
  Hopes that the workmen would finish the job on Monday were dashed when they left before lunchtime, with the chimney and rubble still in place.
  Frankie Dettori's bid to notch up his third straight victory in the race was dashed as his mount Doyen finished fourth.
  But hopes of a famous comeback victory were dashed when Bob Beswick forced his way over, Melling goaling for a 30-22 lead.
  After our plan to snorkel Wednesday was cruelly dashed by a huge thunderstorm, today we finally made it snorkeling.
  Synonyms
  shatter, destroy, wreck, ruin, crush, devastate, demolish, wreak havoc with, blast, blight, wipe out, overturn, torpedo, scotch, spoil, frustrate, thwart, baulk, check
3. 2.3 Cause (someone) to lose confidence; dispirit.
  I won't tell Stuart—I think he'd be dashed
  Example sentencesExamples
  This rather dashed me, though he doesn't know that I am a diarist, and is probably unaware that I am somewhat simple-minded.
  Synonyms
  depress, dispirit, dishearten, grieve, desolate, discourage, upset, get down, bring down, cast down, dampen someone's spirits, cast a gloom on, bring tears to someone's eyes, break someone's heart, make someone's heart bleed

exclamationdaSHdæʃ

British informal

Used to express mild annoyance.
“Dash it all, I am in charge.”
Example sentencesExamples
- Oh dash it... I think I got a problem!
Synonyms
damn, damnation, blast, hell, heck, gordon bennett

noundaSHdæʃ

1in singular An act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily.
she made a dash for the door
Example sentencesExamples
- I made a dash for the door, and as I did I triggered the electronic video sensors at the store entrance, which wailed tumultuously as I broke out onto the street.
- Then quick dash round downstairs, pick up some tops, ostensibly for work, but probably unsuitable with those necklines, and home within two hours of leaving the office.
- Even without the need to keep on the lookout for the neighbors as I made a mad dash to a waiting taxi, the boardinghouse had become nothing more than a crash pad.
- Kevin made a mad dash for the passageway as the room imploded.
- So there's a mad dash to the kitchen with me rummaging through every cupboard and drawer imaginable to find a damn cork screw.
- That only left time to visit the tearooms for a superb Devonshire cream tea, before the heavens opened again, and we made a dash for the car.
- Upon hearing this Lexy turned away and started towards the bathroom wanting desperately wanting to make her walk into a mad dash.
- Excitable children made a dash for the first row, only to be pushed back by equally enthusiastic adults.
- I don't know how many times a strap has slipped off my shoulder or a handle cut into my hand during a mad dash from one gate to another at some airport.
- Then just after 3.30 pm, a group of people shepherding a woman with a coat over her head appeared at the hotel door and made a dash for a waiting car.
- As the prisoner and his escort left the car, O'Reilly made a dash for freedom by skipping over a fence and jumping into the sea.
- I dragged him outside and started shutting all the doors and windows - He just looked at me horrified and made a mad dash back inside.
- I was amazed when, after the movie, instead of everyone making a mad dash to the door, most remained seated, simply starring up at the credits on the screen.
- Winger Chris Watts was soon in action with a determined touchline dash as the second half began and Sinfield was again to the fore with a barging 20-metre burst.
- I autographed some books, including McTeer's, posed for a few photos, and, running late for my plane, made a dash for the exit.
- The new initiative comes just months after a defendant leapt over the dock at Southend court and made a dash for freedom.
- Other people leave it until the train has stopped, everyone else has already got on and off, and then they make a mad dash for the door, just passing through as the doors begin to close again.
- If you live in the woods and haven't planned how you'd make a fast dash in the face of a wildfire, you've got some thinking to do.
- If the couple had stayed in their room they would probably have survived, he said, but because they made a dash for it they fell unconscious after a few paces because of the high levels of fumes.
- As the robbers made a dash for it, he escaped into his business premises and closed the burglar-proof roll shutters.
1. 1.1 A journey or period of time characterized by urgency or eager haste.
  a 20-mile dash to the airport
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Warriors players were hand-picked for the advert after weeks of selection procedures which ended with a mad dash to the final audition straight after a game.
  But when she woke up at four in the morning with contractions, it became clear very quickly there would be no time for a mad dash across west Wiltshire.
  Comments on everything from television coverage following the disaster, to donations, refugees and Ray Martin's dash to the disaster zone.
  Monday night consisted of a mad dash to Miami airport and a flight up to Orlando where the serious work began.
  From now, there's a mad dash to election day, and the candidates are just going to do their stump speeches.
  My instructor told the student would have been no dash across Europe by the Third Army if not for the tremendous logistical effort made on their behalf.
  If so, I should by now be unable to contain my excitement about the eclipse, and be packing my suitcase for a once-in-a-lifetime dash to Cornwall.
  Holidaymakers Hazel and David Matchett have described their terrifying last minute dash to safety as they fled Hurricane Ivan.
  They jam the roads, stop and start on bridges, pour hydrocarbons into the air and jostle for bus seats, all in a mad dash to and from offices.
  It's good to have a garden in which to potter, that's for sure, and potter is most of what I've done today, apart from a mad dash out to collect my pension and have a fish-and-chips lunch.
  Nineteen services were axed last night and seven cancelled during this morning's dash to work as efforts continued to restore power after the weekend's blaze.
  You can take a fifteen minute dash by helicopter for an overall impression of the island before the machine lands for a closer look at the volcanic activity.
  A top police display dog was saved from choking to death by a quick-acting vet and a fast dash in a police car.
  So, when a good house - or in this case, two good houses - go up for sale, potential buyers had better dash immediately round to the estate agent and be prepared to form an orderly queue.
  This is great news - not just for fast-tiring toddlers, but also for hyperadrenalised teens keen to make one last dash round the big attractions before shut-up time.
  We had a mad dash across Paris in the rush-hour to catch our connection to the South and nearly missed it because of confusion over our sleeper-tickets.
  The team joins the men's Clan on the road as they prepare for their games against the University of Saskatchewan as they make a mad dash for the playoffs.
  Help build a brighter future for children with autism - and you could win a £500 supermarket trolley dash.
  From there the runners tackled Snowden, then it was another dash to get into the treacherous Menai Straits before the tide turned and made the passage impossible.
  In less compelling boobal news, Pauline Hanson has announced her intention to make a last minute dash for election to the Senate as an independent.
2. 1.2North American A short, fast race run in one heat; a sprint.
  the 100-yard dash
  Example sentencesExamples
  On the men's side, Adrian Blair had a fifth-place finish in the first heat of the 60m dash with a time of 7.25 seconds.
  Jason Fedee won the men's 100 metre dash with Mandela Clifford second.
  The 1200 metre dash will contain a top class field.
  He runs the fastest 40-yard dash of any defensive tackle, 4.85 seconds.
  The money was generated from the seventh annual ‘Wiener Dog Challenge,’ in which Dachshunds compete in a series of 70-yard dashes.
  The country's leading sprinters kick off the heats with the 50m dash - a tough line-up to just make the semi-final among the men.
  He runs two 40-yard dashes, and the scouts huddle to compare their stopwatches.
  He passed Monday's test - a triple jump off either leg to display his right leg was as strong as his left and three timed 40-yard dashes.
  He has won two silver medals in 100m dash, four silver medals and bronze medals in javelin throw and discus throw in national-level competitions.
  He has taken part in every event from the 100 m dash to a 42-km marathon.
  Chris Strickland, a member of the Mohegan tribe, will throw the javelin, shot put and discus and run the 100-meter dash.
  Canty took his from a crisp 100m in 11.5sec and Stevens matched this from his 11.4sec hurdles dash.
  At the Indianapolis combine, only three cornerbacks ran four 40-yard dashes in the 4.3s.
  The competition was not all for students - teachers also got in on the act when they competed in a 100-meter dash.
  Today we get to run the dashes and do pole vaults and other stuff.
  Mornings can feel like a 50-yard dash, racing from the gym to the kids' school to the workplace.
  Yanes has qualified in the men's 100m dash and the 4x100m relay, along with Sukari, Subakir and John Murray.
  Clarett ran two 40-yard dashes, the official times of which have yet to come out.
  He ran track and held records in both the 100 and 200-yard dashes.
  Surprisingly, his interest in sports sparked off as recently as 1995, when a friend enrolled him in a 100 m dash, in which he won.
  Synonyms
  rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, leap, charge, plunge, dive, bound, break, scamper, scramble
2A small quantity of a substance, especially a liquid, added to something else.
whiskey with a dash of soda
Example sentencesExamples
- In addition to the lemon juice, you can use a dash of vinegar to pep up bland leaves (although if you've grown your own, you won't have to).
- A dash of yoghurt, a splash of honey, a mask of egg white and the kiss of other life giving substances left my skin glowing.
- Develop/wash in a flat-bottomed tray containing water with a dash of washing-up liquid added.
- Niewoudt and Theron did nothing worse than slip a little green pepper extract and a dash of fruit juice flavourant into the tanks when nobody was looking.
- Every morning before breakfast, comb hair, apply makeup, a dash of cologne, and perhaps some simple earrings.
- This recipe, provided by the Alberta Turkey Producers, spikes a stock made from the Christmas turkey carcass with herbs and a dash of hot pepper sauce.
- Produced from a blend of the native Nero d' Avola and Frappato grapes with just a dash of Cabernet Sauvignon, this has deep dark secrets that unfold easily in your glass.
- Pastry - beat 125g butter with 50g golden syrup and a dash of lemon juice until light and fluffy.
- To produce a working product, engineers at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain added a dash of methanol and a catalyst to the jojoba oil.
- A Mochatail for those daring enough to drink one is a dash of espresso coffee, sprinkled with chocolate cookie, topped with whipped cream.
- We appreciated just how well milk, chocolate powder (if tastes allow, a dash of coffee) go with rum or vodka, a cold shake with a kick.
- Add a dash of lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste
- You can bet that nuance of orange in your ice-cream owes more to a dash of Grand Marnier than to a squeeze of the real thing.
- ‘The students come in and have a treble vodka with a dash of Corky's and a dash of coke, for £3.50,’ said Arthur.
- East of the beach is Udder Delight, a unique St. Thomas dairy serving creamy milkshakes with a dash of Cruzan rum, a longtime local tradition.
- But the white powder you mix up yourself with water, supplemented with a dash of UniBond PVA adhesive, will solve most household filling problems.
- The dip, composed of vinegar, a splash of soy sauce and a dash of red chili, could use a certain extra something to give it more of a zing, as the roll was in need of a little something to wake up the taste buds.
- For a quick and easy sauce I add two tablespoons of Frank's Red Hot with Lime, one tablespoon of tomato paste, a pinch of salt and a dash of vinegar.
- Ingredients: the usual flour, eggs, milk, yeast, etc. - plus a dash of 7UP to help the yeast rise.
Synonyms
drop, few drops, splash, dribble, trickle, spot, hint, touch, bit
1. 2.1 A small amount of a particular quality adding piquancy or distinctiveness to something else.
  a casual atmosphere with a dash of sophistication
  Example sentencesExamples
  All that is charming about Australian wine, with a dash of sophistication.
  Like many a group before them, they had met at art school, and not surprisingly they added a dash of colour to both their image and music.
  The latest trend in interior design seems to suggest that there is nothing like a dash of antiquity to lend beauty and elegance to a room.
  Kittichai brings a taste of Bangkok, with a dash of international fusion, to Soho.
  Then add traditional English Christmas songs and carols, stir in a dash of humour and a pinch of pantomime and sprinkle with magic-dust.
  Like most everything in Russia these days, the event had a whiff of great import with a big dash of farce.
  Rood sounds like it belongs in ‘84-a bit o’ punk, a dash of watered-down new wave and a pinch of pop.
  The score relies on a tried-and-true recipe to generate suspense: a little bit of Psycho, a pinch of Jaws, a dash of sweeping melody.
  The meet and the hunt provided a dash of colour in the lives of all during the otherwise drab British winter.
  Every track is distinct from the last with its added dash of Erasure magic installed within.
  The answer is to spice up the dish with a pinch of sex and add a dash of glamour in the shape of actress Diane Lane.
  Synonyms
  small amount, touch, sprinkle, pinch, taste, lick, spot, drop, dab, speck, smack, smattering, sprinkling, splash, dribble, trickle, grain, soupçon, trace, bit, modicum, little, suggestion, suspicion, hint, scintilla, tinge, tincture, whiff, whisper, overtone, undertone, nuance, colouring
3A horizontal stroke in writing or printing to mark a pause or break in sense or to represent omitted letters or words.
Example sentencesExamples
- Consider for a start all finite sequences of the twenty six letters of the English alphabet, the ten digits, a comma, a full stop, a dash and a blank space.
- Their use of the dash in the letters seems consistent with its use in much nineteenth - century correspondence.
- Consigned to the unlovely basket are colons and semicolons, and dashes and parentheses.
- Remember, when copying a site's URL from the newspaper or other media you need to get the URL correct - no spaces, dashes and capital letters only where noted.
- She answered in a fluently written letter punctuated by dashes about the death of her husband.
- Modern editors turn to dashes and exclamation marks to transcribe these rapid changes in thought and speech.
- If you don't know whether or not to use a colon, a semicolon, or a dash, cut that sentence down!
- This book's a success, it's true, even though it's about commas, apostrophes, colons, dashes and other marks.
- Often their three lines are split into two parts, by a colon or a dash, with an imaginative distance between the two sections.
- Dots and dashes make all the difference to a website address - as Colchester Council is just discovering.
- I turn off nearly every automatic feature there is, from conversion of hyphens to appropriate dashes, to AutoCorrect and AutoFormat.
- In less formal writing, the dash is often a catch-all mark to take the place of both colon and semicolon, obviating the need to distinguish them or think about more subtle kinds of punctuation.
1. 3.1 The longer signal of the two used in Morse code.
  Compare with dot
  Example sentencesExamples
  The radio operator tuned in to the appropriate Sonne station, counted the number of dots or dashes heard, and referred these to a special map to read off the bearing.
  Both transmitted in simplified Morse code, one solely dots, the other solely dashes.
  Morse Code uses a series of dots and dashes to transmit and receive messages.
  It works like Morse code, which is a way to transmit the alphabet over radio waves using dots (short beeps) and dashes (long beeps).
  The sound of the dots and dashes of the radio range in my earphones, and the instrument panel was my whole world.
  Perhaps the most famous coding is Morse Code, which converts letters of the alphabet into series of dots and dashes.
  Today, when we think of telegraphs we think of electric telegraphs, we think of wires and Morse code and dots and dashes and telegrams and that sort of thing.
2. 3.2Music A short vertical mark placed above or beneath a note to indicate that it is to be performed in a very staccato manner.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The composer's intentions may be notated as dots, dashes, accents, and slurs.
4Impetuous or flamboyant vigor and confidence; panache.
he has youthful energy, dash, and charisma
Example sentencesExamples
- As it happens, Dreamers of the Day is turning out to be magical realism, but in a very flat midwestern way with a whole lot of realism and just a rather bemused dash of magical.
- If the winners emerge with some dash in their style, they may also have to contend with being All-Ireland favourites.
- For some onlookers it will not be enough merely for Brazil or Germany to win the World Cup trophy tonight, they will have had to do it with dash and style.
- An all-time Parsi eleven would open with Engineer and Contractor, dash at one end, caution at the other.
- Brimming with this new dash of energy, Darteil just needed one more psychological push.
- Two others who played a huge role for Naomh Eoin were wingbacks Johnny Murphy and John Cleary who flanked the steady Niall Foley with style and dash.
- Kilcummin were confounding the critics as they played with dash and flair, first to every ball as they attacked in waves.
- We wouldn't have been surprised to see them the next day disporting themselves on the golf course or the Tennis court with equal verve and dash.
- Combined with driving large timber trucks, these things define a certain kind of dash among young Kayan men.
- It is cute, astute, cerebral football, a mirror image of their studious manager though with an added dash of style and panache.
- The Stoltzmans played it with dash and brio to spare.
- Portlaoise are still missing the style and dash that won them so many admirers as they swept through Laois and Leinster and contested an All Ireland club final this year.
- It is these characteristics that give these Mozart performances, with the violinist doubling as soloist and director of the OAE, such dash and vitality.
- A politician of flair and dash and, when roused by the occasion, an impressive parliamentary speaker, Derby never realized the early promise of his career.
- From freaky fêtes to wacky races, we British will be dispersing across the country with our trademark enthusiasm, eccentricity and, on occasion, a dash of style.
- And to add extra dash Willie has Alexander Banquet vying for honours as well…
- But at its best, especially in the fiction, there is a fantastic sense of energy, intellectual fearlessness, contingency, reckless dash.
- A London journalist has summed up the divergencies of the eight teams concerned in the current cup ties in this way: Aston Villa - Clever without much dash or abandon.
- Indeed, he did not have his father's dash, his abilities as a military commander, his diplomatic skill or his immense intellect.
Synonyms
verve, style, stylishness, flamboyance, gusto, zest, confidence, self-assurance, elan, flair, flourish, vigour, vivacity, vivaciousness, sparkle, brio, panache, éclat, exuberance, ebullience, enthusiasm, eagerness, vitality, dynamism, animation, liveliness, spirit, energy
5informal
short for dashboard
Example sentencesExamples
- The dash is neatly laid out and a pop-up panel houses the screen for the sat nav which can be tilted to remove glare.
- Those trademark Smart eye-like dials are there, protruding from the top of the dash, while the rest of the layout is well designed using good quality plastics.
- The sat nav, which slides out of the top of the dash Bond-style, can be a bit tricky to read sometimes and the controls - located on the back of the steering wheel - are a bit fiddly.
- Three pods in the centre of the dash house the primary instruments, while the minor controls are grouped together beneath them.
- I like the style of the interior, but the location of the dials in the middle of the dash is not good.
- Wash and polish the bodywork, clean and polish the wheels to get rid of any engrained brake dust, vacuum and shampoo the interior and give the dash and steering wheel a good buffing.
- But the price for having those clever little electronic maps built into your dash is still far too high for true volume sales to take off.
- The on-off switch should be mounted in a convenient location on the dash and within your reach.
- A long dashboard reaches deep into the sloping windscreen with almost none of the bonnet visible as you peer over the dash.
- If there is a pressure loss of 7 psi or more, then there is a warning light activated on the dash.
- Smart key technology is standard; engine start/stop is performed through a pushbutton on the dash.
- Power windows, locks and mirrors and CD in the dash, are very upscale options for that little bit of cash.
- The driver flipped a control on his dash and a green light appeared.
- The steering wheel and the dash are also made of the light and very strong material which has been used in Formula one since 1988.
- You have to take your eyes off the road, look down to twiddle a knob then check the screen on the dash, all to find the right function.
- The oblong LCD panel perched on top of the dash displays the sat nav instructions.
- This is enlivened by Mondial blue flourishes on the dash, sports steering wheel and gearstick, and the same drilled aluminium pedals as the 172.
- I don't like the controls in the middle of the dash for the satellite navigation; they were horrible.
- The dash layout is brilliant, with logically-placed controls and an uncluttered layout, but that's by-the-by.
- The dash is nicely finished in silver metal effect and there are plenty of cubbyholes for storage, even a shelf above the driver's head, although the glovebox is tiny.

Phrasal Verbs

dash something off

Write something hurriedly and without much premeditation.
Example sentencesExamples
- We were confronted by a row of little pictures that not only looked as though they had been dashed off at high speed, but plainly were considered by their makers to be complete.
- I tend to dash things off without thinking so much.
- You law students might think that we old law profs just dash these things off in an hour, but, in fact, it takes some doing.
- The excuse for churning out a far less funny film, it seemed, was simple: ‘We just dashed it off.’
- A minor project for the master architect, perhaps, but with a grandness indicating that he didn't just dash it off.
- John Taylor's paper was dashed off and sent to the scientific journal Nature for publication.
Synonyms
scribble, write hurriedly, write untidily, write illegibly, scratch, scrawl, doodle, jot, jot down

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘strike forcibly against’): probably symbolic of forceful movement and related to Swedish and Danish daska.

单词	dash
释义	Definition of dash in English: dash verb daʃdæʃ 1no object, usually with adverbial of direction Run or travel somewhere in a great hurry. I dashed into the garden I must dash, I'm late Example sentencesExamples There's so much more that could be said, but Fraser is dying to get on the computer, so I must dash now! Must dash now and prepare my body for pampering. He quickly swept his daughter into his arms, grabbed his travel bag and dashed towards the open door and into the chaos of the ship. Must dash, I've got to send off for my I-Spy membership pack. He was almost certain he saw something dash behind a tree. Aylmer had reached the roof again, his faint shadow flickering across the lights as he dashed along the edge. Must dash now, need to soak my feet in vinegar to toughen them up. Must dash, will reply to other post comments later. Well, I must dash or I'll miss my bus. With a future meeting arranged, I turned my head and dashed at full speed back to McDonalds. Jonah dashed along the path, his bare feet sending up little puffs of dust with every step. Other people could be seen on the streets now, hurrying animals that dashed in and out of store to cars or homes, getting what needed to be done, done. Indeed, the lion pounced and the two scuffled, which ended with Hope Butler running out the door in a hurry, dashing as far she could across the concrete jungle. He dashed at maximum speed towards the command center avoiding the laser, plasma and pulse fire heading towards him. Running now at her full speed, she dashed to the edge of the lake, where a large bolder rose up above the water. Speaking of Timbuktu, that's where my next televised adventure's going to be from, and I must dash there. Drew and Seigi dashed out and hurried towards their fathers, calling and laughing as they ran. It is a Wednesday morning and Roly Squire has a small window of time before he must dash across Leeds for the main operating session of the week. She grabbed the note from Sarah's hand, being careful not to tear it, and dashed out the front door. He picked up speed and dashed through the ever-increasing crosswinds of sand. Synonyms rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, bound, fly, speed, streak, zoom, plunge, dive, whisk, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble informal tear, belt, pelt, scoot, zap, zip, whip, step on it, get a move on, hotfoot it, leg it, go hell for leather, steam, put on some speed, go like a bat out of hell, burn rubber British informal bomb, go like the clappers, bucket, put one's foot down Scottish informal wheech North American informal boogie, hightail it, clip, barrel, get the lead out informal, dated cut along North American vulgar slang drag/tear/haul ass literary fleet archaic post, hie, haste 2with object and adverbial of direction Strike or fling (something) somewhere with great force, especially so as to have a destructive effect; hurl. the ship was dashed upon the rocks Example sentencesExamples A predatory fish may eat it, or a strong current may dash it against a rock. He walks on water without dashing his foot against a river rock. One could observe where the power of the Southern Ocean sweeps its mighty rollers up to dash their force onto the land. He dashed the handset on a rock before stamping on the thin circuit boards and shattering them beyond use. I found Liberman and Nunberg the other day just about ready to dash glasses of Chardonnay in each other's faces. Bearded vultures are the only living birds known to access bone marrow, which they do by dashing bones onto rocks from great heights. Living on the edge of precipices, it will raise skeletons high into the sky, dash them onto the rocks, and then extract the marrow with its curved beak. Ah, how the heady idealism of youth is dashed upon the rocks of the pragmatism of adulthood. I was suddenly aware of the breezes rustling the grasses, tossing the branches of the trees to and fro, dashing the leaves against each other. Synonyms hurl, smash, crash, slam, throw, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, flip, catapult, shy, aim, direct, project, propel, send, bowl informal chuck, heave, sling, buzz, whang, bung North American informal peg Australian informal hoy New Zealand informal bish 2.1no object, with adverbial of direction Strike forcefully against something. a gust of rain dashed against the bricks Example sentencesExamples Not proper rain, not good rain - but a light, spitting rain that came dashing down from the peaks and was too cold to make the grass grow. It's a dirty old night out there, wind howling, rain dashing against the windows, not at all the kind of night to move far from the fireside. Synonyms be hurled, crash, smash batter, strike, beat, pound, pummel, lash, slam into 2.2with object Destroy or frustrate (hopes or expectations) the budget dashed hopes of an increase in funding Example sentencesExamples His hopes of driving in the opening rounds at Brands Hatch earlier this month were dashed due to the late delivery of one of the York City Racing Team's new Honda Accord cars. But then the union representatives left, hopes were dashed, the strike was on. That feeling was unceremoniously dashed that evening when I found out about the chicken pox. Last week, peace hopes at Acas were dashed after bosses claimed the union walked out and Aslef officials said management did not turn up. Chessington and Hook United Football Club has been thrown a lifeline to help recover from debts threatening to dash promotion dreams. Hopes of winning millions of pounds worth of grant aid were dashed for sports organisations across the country yesterday. He had been drinking heavily as a way of escape since his dreams of going into the marines or the fire service were dashed due to injuries caused in a motorbike accident. Frankie Dettori's bid to notch up his third straight victory in the race was dashed as his mount Doyen finished fourth. Hopes that the home side might effect a comeback were dashed by another early blow, as Hurst nodded home a right-wing corner only forty seconds after the restart. But 25 years ago my dreams were dashed as I grew too tall to fit inside. But hopes of a famous comeback victory were dashed when Bob Beswick forced his way over, Melling goaling for a 30-22 lead. Lauren, who has been dancing since she was just three years-old, hopes to become a professional dancer, but knows her hopes will be dashed if the course shuts. This suggested a rapid resolution, only for those hopes to be dashed when the mission turns out to have come terribly close to catastrophe. The plans were almost dashed when lorry driver Daniel, 23, injured his knee and scuppered his chances of running the race. Hopes that the workmen would finish the job on Monday were dashed when they left before lunchtime, with the chimney and rubble still in place. Hopes have been dashed for all 38 employees of the ill-fated car dealership DC Cook with the announcement that they are being made redundant. Their anticipation was dashed, however, as marker Sylvain Guilhem intercepted the move when a score seemed a certainty. After our plan to snorkel Wednesday was cruelly dashed by a huge thunderstorm, today we finally made it snorkeling. Overnight hopes that the whale could escape by its own efforts were dashed when it was spotted further upstream than it was late on Friday, fighting against the current. The year 2000 started out full of hope for all of us but, sadly, during the course of the past year for the farming community many of those hopes have already been dashed. Synonyms shatter, destroy, wreck, ruin, crush, devastate, demolish, wreak havoc with, blast, blight, wipe out, overturn, torpedo, scotch, spoil, frustrate, thwart, baulk, check burst someone's bubble informal put the kibosh on, banjax, do for, blow a hole in, nix, put paid to, queer British informal scupper, dish archaic bring to naught 2.3with object Cause (someone) to lose confidence; dispirit. I won't tell Stuart—I think he'd be dashed Example sentencesExamples This rather dashed me, though he doesn't know that I am a diarist, and is probably unaware that I am somewhat simple-minded. Synonyms depress, dispirit, dishearten, grieve, desolate, discourage, upset, get down, bring down, cast down, dampen someone's spirits, cast a gloom on, bring tears to someone's eyes, break someone's heart, make someone's heart bleed exclamationdaʃdæʃ British informal Used to express mild annoyance. dash it all, I am in charge Example sentencesExamples Oh dash it... I think I got a problem! Synonyms damn, damnation, blast, hell, heck, gordon bennett noun daʃdæʃ 1An act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily. she made a dash for the door Example sentencesExamples As the prisoner and his escort left the car, O'Reilly made a dash for freedom by skipping over a fence and jumping into the sea. I autographed some books, including McTeer's, posed for a few photos, and, running late for my plane, made a dash for the exit. If the couple had stayed in their room they would probably have survived, he said, but because they made a dash for it they fell unconscious after a few paces because of the high levels of fumes. Then just after 3.30 pm, a group of people shepherding a woman with a coat over her head appeared at the hotel door and made a dash for a waiting car. So there's a mad dash to the kitchen with me rummaging through every cupboard and drawer imaginable to find a damn cork screw. If you live in the woods and haven't planned how you'd make a fast dash in the face of a wildfire, you've got some thinking to do. Even without the need to keep on the lookout for the neighbors as I made a mad dash to a waiting taxi, the boardinghouse had become nothing more than a crash pad. As the robbers made a dash for it, he escaped into his business premises and closed the burglar-proof roll shutters. Then quick dash round downstairs, pick up some tops, ostensibly for work, but probably unsuitable with those necklines, and home within two hours of leaving the office. I don't know how many times a strap has slipped off my shoulder or a handle cut into my hand during a mad dash from one gate to another at some airport. I made a dash for the door, and as I did I triggered the electronic video sensors at the store entrance, which wailed tumultuously as I broke out onto the street. The new initiative comes just months after a defendant leapt over the dock at Southend court and made a dash for freedom. I dragged him outside and started shutting all the doors and windows - He just looked at me horrified and made a mad dash back inside. That only left time to visit the tearooms for a superb Devonshire cream tea, before the heavens opened again, and we made a dash for the car. Winger Chris Watts was soon in action with a determined touchline dash as the second half began and Sinfield was again to the fore with a barging 20-metre burst. Other people leave it until the train has stopped, everyone else has already got on and off, and then they make a mad dash for the door, just passing through as the doors begin to close again. I was amazed when, after the movie, instead of everyone making a mad dash to the door, most remained seated, simply starring up at the credits on the screen. Kevin made a mad dash for the passageway as the room imploded. Upon hearing this Lexy turned away and started towards the bathroom wanting desperately wanting to make her walk into a mad dash. Excitable children made a dash for the first row, only to be pushed back by equally enthusiastic adults. 1.1 A journey or period of time characterized by urgency or eager haste. a 20-mile dash to the airport Example sentencesExamples We had a mad dash across Paris in the rush-hour to catch our connection to the South and nearly missed it because of confusion over our sleeper-tickets. You can take a fifteen minute dash by helicopter for an overall impression of the island before the machine lands for a closer look at the volcanic activity. The Warriors players were hand-picked for the advert after weeks of selection procedures which ended with a mad dash to the final audition straight after a game. A top police display dog was saved from choking to death by a quick-acting vet and a fast dash in a police car. Nineteen services were axed last night and seven cancelled during this morning's dash to work as efforts continued to restore power after the weekend's blaze. It's good to have a garden in which to potter, that's for sure, and potter is most of what I've done today, apart from a mad dash out to collect my pension and have a fish-and-chips lunch. The team joins the men's Clan on the road as they prepare for their games against the University of Saskatchewan as they make a mad dash for the playoffs. From there the runners tackled Snowden, then it was another dash to get into the treacherous Menai Straits before the tide turned and made the passage impossible. Holidaymakers Hazel and David Matchett have described their terrifying last minute dash to safety as they fled Hurricane Ivan. Help build a brighter future for children with autism - and you could win a £500 supermarket trolley dash. They jam the roads, stop and start on bridges, pour hydrocarbons into the air and jostle for bus seats, all in a mad dash to and from offices. Comments on everything from television coverage following the disaster, to donations, refugees and Ray Martin's dash to the disaster zone. Monday night consisted of a mad dash to Miami airport and a flight up to Orlando where the serious work began. But when she woke up at four in the morning with contractions, it became clear very quickly there would be no time for a mad dash across west Wiltshire. From now, there's a mad dash to election day, and the candidates are just going to do their stump speeches. So, when a good house - or in this case, two good houses - go up for sale, potential buyers had better dash immediately round to the estate agent and be prepared to form an orderly queue. This is great news - not just for fast-tiring toddlers, but also for hyperadrenalised teens keen to make one last dash round the big attractions before shut-up time. If so, I should by now be unable to contain my excitement about the eclipse, and be packing my suitcase for a once-in-a-lifetime dash to Cornwall. My instructor told the student would have been no dash across Europe by the Third Army if not for the tremendous logistical effort made on their behalf. In less compelling boobal news, Pauline Hanson has announced her intention to make a last minute dash for election to the Senate as an independent. 1.2North American A short, fast race run in one heat; a sprint. the 100 m dash Example sentencesExamples Clarett ran two 40-yard dashes, the official times of which have yet to come out. Today we get to run the dashes and do pole vaults and other stuff. He runs two 40-yard dashes, and the scouts huddle to compare their stopwatches. He ran track and held records in both the 100 and 200-yard dashes. The country's leading sprinters kick off the heats with the 50m dash - a tough line-up to just make the semi-final among the men. The 1200 metre dash will contain a top class field. He runs the fastest 40-yard dash of any defensive tackle, 4.85 seconds. Jason Fedee won the men's 100 metre dash with Mandela Clifford second. He has taken part in every event from the 100 m dash to a 42-km marathon. Chris Strickland, a member of the Mohegan tribe, will throw the javelin, shot put and discus and run the 100-meter dash. Surprisingly, his interest in sports sparked off as recently as 1995, when a friend enrolled him in a 100 m dash, in which he won. The competition was not all for students - teachers also got in on the act when they competed in a 100-meter dash. At the Indianapolis combine, only three cornerbacks ran four 40-yard dashes in the 4.3s. He passed Monday's test - a triple jump off either leg to display his right leg was as strong as his left and three timed 40-yard dashes. Yanes has qualified in the men's 100m dash and the 4x100m relay, along with Sukari, Subakir and John Murray. Canty took his from a crisp 100m in 11.5sec and Stevens matched this from his 11.4sec hurdles dash. The money was generated from the seventh annual ‘Wiener Dog Challenge,’ in which Dachshunds compete in a series of 70-yard dashes. Mornings can feel like a 50-yard dash, racing from the gym to the kids' school to the workplace. He has won two silver medals in 100m dash, four silver medals and bronze medals in javelin throw and discus throw in national-level competitions. On the men's side, Adrian Blair had a fifth-place finish in the first heat of the 60m dash with a time of 7.25 seconds. Synonyms rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, leap, charge, plunge, dive, bound, break, scamper, scramble stampede 2A small quantity of a liquid added to something else. whisky with a dash of soda Example sentencesExamples Pastry - beat 125g butter with 50g golden syrup and a dash of lemon juice until light and fluffy. Ingredients: the usual flour, eggs, milk, yeast, etc. - plus a dash of 7UP to help the yeast rise. To produce a working product, engineers at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain added a dash of methanol and a catalyst to the jojoba oil. Produced from a blend of the native Nero d' Avola and Frappato grapes with just a dash of Cabernet Sauvignon, this has deep dark secrets that unfold easily in your glass. A dash of yoghurt, a splash of honey, a mask of egg white and the kiss of other life giving substances left my skin glowing. Add a dash of lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste East of the beach is Udder Delight, a unique St. Thomas dairy serving creamy milkshakes with a dash of Cruzan rum, a longtime local tradition. You can bet that nuance of orange in your ice-cream owes more to a dash of Grand Marnier than to a squeeze of the real thing. Niewoudt and Theron did nothing worse than slip a little green pepper extract and a dash of fruit juice flavourant into the tanks when nobody was looking. We appreciated just how well milk, chocolate powder (if tastes allow, a dash of coffee) go with rum or vodka, a cold shake with a kick. A Mochatail for those daring enough to drink one is a dash of espresso coffee, sprinkled with chocolate cookie, topped with whipped cream. This recipe, provided by the Alberta Turkey Producers, spikes a stock made from the Christmas turkey carcass with herbs and a dash of hot pepper sauce. ‘The students come in and have a treble vodka with a dash of Corky's and a dash of coke, for £3.50,’ said Arthur. For a quick and easy sauce I add two tablespoons of Frank's Red Hot with Lime, one tablespoon of tomato paste, a pinch of salt and a dash of vinegar. Every morning before breakfast, comb hair, apply makeup, a dash of cologne, and perhaps some simple earrings. In addition to the lemon juice, you can use a dash of vinegar to pep up bland leaves (although if you've grown your own, you won't have to). But the white powder you mix up yourself with water, supplemented with a dash of UniBond PVA adhesive, will solve most household filling problems. The dip, composed of vinegar, a splash of soy sauce and a dash of red chili, could use a certain extra something to give it more of a zing, as the roll was in need of a little something to wake up the taste buds. Develop/wash in a flat-bottomed tray containing water with a dash of washing-up liquid added. Synonyms drop, few drops, splash, dribble, trickle, spot, hint, touch, bit 2.1 A small amount of a quality that adds piquancy or distinctiveness to something else. a casual atmosphere with a dash of sophistication Example sentencesExamples All that is charming about Australian wine, with a dash of sophistication. Like many a group before them, they had met at art school, and not surprisingly they added a dash of colour to both their image and music. The answer is to spice up the dish with a pinch of sex and add a dash of glamour in the shape of actress Diane Lane. Then add traditional English Christmas songs and carols, stir in a dash of humour and a pinch of pantomime and sprinkle with magic-dust. The latest trend in interior design seems to suggest that there is nothing like a dash of antiquity to lend beauty and elegance to a room. The meet and the hunt provided a dash of colour in the lives of all during the otherwise drab British winter. Kittichai brings a taste of Bangkok, with a dash of international fusion, to Soho. Every track is distinct from the last with its added dash of Erasure magic installed within. The score relies on a tried-and-true recipe to generate suspense: a little bit of Psycho, a pinch of Jaws, a dash of sweeping melody. Like most everything in Russia these days, the event had a whiff of great import with a big dash of farce. Rood sounds like it belongs in ‘84-a bit o’ punk, a dash of watered-down new wave and a pinch of pop. Synonyms small amount, touch, sprinkle, pinch, taste, lick, spot, drop, dab, speck, smack, smattering, sprinkling, splash, dribble, trickle, grain, soupçon, trace, bit, modicum, little, suggestion, suspicion, hint, scintilla, tinge, tincture, whiff, whisper, overtone, undertone, nuance, colouring informal smidgen, tad 3A horizontal stroke in writing or printing to mark a pause or break in sense or to represent omitted letters or words. Example sentencesExamples Their use of the dash in the letters seems consistent with its use in much nineteenth - century correspondence. This book's a success, it's true, even though it's about commas, apostrophes, colons, dashes and other marks. If you don't know whether or not to use a colon, a semicolon, or a dash, cut that sentence down! She answered in a fluently written letter punctuated by dashes about the death of her husband. Often their three lines are split into two parts, by a colon or a dash, with an imaginative distance between the two sections. Modern editors turn to dashes and exclamation marks to transcribe these rapid changes in thought and speech. Consigned to the unlovely basket are colons and semicolons, and dashes and parentheses. Remember, when copying a site's URL from the newspaper or other media you need to get the URL correct - no spaces, dashes and capital letters only where noted. I turn off nearly every automatic feature there is, from conversion of hyphens to appropriate dashes, to AutoCorrect and AutoFormat. In less formal writing, the dash is often a catch-all mark to take the place of both colon and semicolon, obviating the need to distinguish them or think about more subtle kinds of punctuation. Dots and dashes make all the difference to a website address - as Colchester Council is just discovering. Consider for a start all finite sequences of the twenty six letters of the English alphabet, the ten digits, a comma, a full stop, a dash and a blank space. 3.1 The longer signal of the two used in Morse code. Compare with dot Example sentencesExamples It works like Morse code, which is a way to transmit the alphabet over radio waves using dots (short beeps) and dashes (long beeps). The radio operator tuned in to the appropriate Sonne station, counted the number of dots or dashes heard, and referred these to a special map to read off the bearing. Morse Code uses a series of dots and dashes to transmit and receive messages. Perhaps the most famous coding is Morse Code, which converts letters of the alphabet into series of dots and dashes. Today, when we think of telegraphs we think of electric telegraphs, we think of wires and Morse code and dots and dashes and telegrams and that sort of thing. Both transmitted in simplified Morse code, one solely dots, the other solely dashes. The sound of the dots and dashes of the radio range in my earphones, and the instrument panel was my whole world. 3.2Music A short vertical mark placed above or beneath a note to indicate that it is to be performed in a very staccato manner. Example sentencesExamples The composer's intentions may be notated as dots, dashes, accents, and slurs. 4mass noun Impetuous or flamboyant vigour and confidence; panache. he has youthful energy, dash, and charisma Example sentencesExamples Portlaoise are still missing the style and dash that won them so many admirers as they swept through Laois and Leinster and contested an All Ireland club final this year. It is these characteristics that give these Mozart performances, with the violinist doubling as soloist and director of the OAE, such dash and vitality. An all-time Parsi eleven would open with Engineer and Contractor, dash at one end, caution at the other. Brimming with this new dash of energy, Darteil just needed one more psychological push. A London journalist has summed up the divergencies of the eight teams concerned in the current cup ties in this way: Aston Villa - Clever without much dash or abandon. But at its best, especially in the fiction, there is a fantastic sense of energy, intellectual fearlessness, contingency, reckless dash. As it happens, Dreamers of the Day is turning out to be magical realism, but in a very flat midwestern way with a whole lot of realism and just a rather bemused dash of magical. Indeed, he did not have his father's dash, his abilities as a military commander, his diplomatic skill or his immense intellect. A politician of flair and dash and, when roused by the occasion, an impressive parliamentary speaker, Derby never realized the early promise of his career. From freaky fêtes to wacky races, we British will be dispersing across the country with our trademark enthusiasm, eccentricity and, on occasion, a dash of style. Two others who played a huge role for Naomh Eoin were wingbacks Johnny Murphy and John Cleary who flanked the steady Niall Foley with style and dash. It is cute, astute, cerebral football, a mirror image of their studious manager though with an added dash of style and panache. If the winners emerge with some dash in their style, they may also have to contend with being All-Ireland favourites. We wouldn't have been surprised to see them the next day disporting themselves on the golf course or the Tennis court with equal verve and dash. Combined with driving large timber trucks, these things define a certain kind of dash among young Kayan men. For some onlookers it will not be enough merely for Brazil or Germany to win the World Cup trophy tonight, they will have had to do it with dash and style. The Stoltzmans played it with dash and brio to spare. And to add extra dash Willie has Alexander Banquet vying for honours as well… Kilcummin were confounding the critics as they played with dash and flair, first to every ball as they attacked in waves. Synonyms verve, style, stylishness, flamboyance, gusto, zest, confidence, self-assurance, elan, flair, flourish, vigour, vivacity, vivaciousness, sparkle, brio, panache, éclat, exuberance, ebullience, enthusiasm, eagerness, vitality, dynamism, animation, liveliness, spirit, energy informal pizzazz, pep, oomph, vim, zing, get-up-and-go 5informal an indicator on the dash tells you what gear you are in short for dashboard Example sentencesExamples I like the style of the interior, but the location of the dials in the middle of the dash is not good. The dash layout is brilliant, with logically-placed controls and an uncluttered layout, but that's by-the-by. The steering wheel and the dash are also made of the light and very strong material which has been used in Formula one since 1988. The driver flipped a control on his dash and a green light appeared. You have to take your eyes off the road, look down to twiddle a knob then check the screen on the dash, all to find the right function. If there is a pressure loss of 7 psi or more, then there is a warning light activated on the dash. The oblong LCD panel perched on top of the dash displays the sat nav instructions. Wash and polish the bodywork, clean and polish the wheels to get rid of any engrained brake dust, vacuum and shampoo the interior and give the dash and steering wheel a good buffing. Smart key technology is standard; engine start/stop is performed through a pushbutton on the dash. This is enlivened by Mondial blue flourishes on the dash, sports steering wheel and gearstick, and the same drilled aluminium pedals as the 172. The sat nav, which slides out of the top of the dash Bond-style, can be a bit tricky to read sometimes and the controls - located on the back of the steering wheel - are a bit fiddly. But the price for having those clever little electronic maps built into your dash is still far too high for true volume sales to take off. Three pods in the centre of the dash house the primary instruments, while the minor controls are grouped together beneath them. I don't like the controls in the middle of the dash for the satellite navigation; they were horrible. The dash is nicely finished in silver metal effect and there are plenty of cubbyholes for storage, even a shelf above the driver's head, although the glovebox is tiny. Those trademark Smart eye-like dials are there, protruding from the top of the dash, while the rest of the layout is well designed using good quality plastics. A long dashboard reaches deep into the sloping windscreen with almost none of the bonnet visible as you peer over the dash. The dash is neatly laid out and a pop-up panel houses the screen for the sat nav which can be tilted to remove glare. Power windows, locks and mirrors and CD in the dash, are very upscale options for that little bit of cash. The on-off switch should be mounted in a convenient location on the dash and within your reach. Phrasal Verbs dash something off Write something hurriedly and without much premeditation. I dashed off a quick letter Example sentencesExamples The excuse for churning out a far less funny film, it seemed, was simple: ‘We just dashed it off.’ We were confronted by a row of little pictures that not only looked as though they had been dashed off at high speed, but plainly were considered by their makers to be complete. John Taylor's paper was dashed off and sent to the scientific journal Nature for publication. You law students might think that we old law profs just dash these things off in an hour, but, in fact, it takes some doing. I tend to dash things off without thinking so much. A minor project for the master architect, perhaps, but with a grandness indicating that he didn't just dash it off. Synonyms scribble, write hurriedly, write untidily, write illegibly, scratch, scrawl, doodle, jot, jot down Origin Middle English (in the sense 'strike forcibly against'): probably symbolic of forceful movement and related to Swedish and Danish daska. Rhymes abash, ash, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, calash, cash, clash, crash, encash, flash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, Nash, panache, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, soutache, splash, stash, thrash, trash verb.1 phr.v. Definition of dash in US English: dash verbdaSHdæʃ 1no object, usually with adverbial of direction Run or travel somewhere in a great hurry. I dashed into the garden I must dash, I'm late Example sentencesExamples Must dash, will reply to other post comments later. She grabbed the note from Sarah's hand, being careful not to tear it, and dashed out the front door. He was almost certain he saw something dash behind a tree. Indeed, the lion pounced and the two scuffled, which ended with Hope Butler running out the door in a hurry, dashing as far she could across the concrete jungle. He quickly swept his daughter into his arms, grabbed his travel bag and dashed towards the open door and into the chaos of the ship. He dashed at maximum speed towards the command center avoiding the laser, plasma and pulse fire heading towards him. Must dash now and prepare my body for pampering. Must dash, I've got to send off for my I-Spy membership pack. He picked up speed and dashed through the ever-increasing crosswinds of sand. Well, I must dash or I'll miss my bus. With a future meeting arranged, I turned my head and dashed at full speed back to McDonalds. Drew and Seigi dashed out and hurried towards their fathers, calling and laughing as they ran. It is a Wednesday morning and Roly Squire has a small window of time before he must dash across Leeds for the main operating session of the week. Must dash now, need to soak my feet in vinegar to toughen them up. There's so much more that could be said, but Fraser is dying to get on the computer, so I must dash now! Other people could be seen on the streets now, hurrying animals that dashed in and out of store to cars or homes, getting what needed to be done, done. Running now at her full speed, she dashed to the edge of the lake, where a large bolder rose up above the water. Jonah dashed along the path, his bare feet sending up little puffs of dust with every step. Aylmer had reached the roof again, his faint shadow flickering across the lights as he dashed along the edge. Speaking of Timbuktu, that's where my next televised adventure's going to be from, and I must dash there. Synonyms rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, bound, fly, speed, streak, zoom, plunge, dive, whisk, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble 2with object and adverbial of direction Strike or fling (something) somewhere with great force, especially so as to have a destructive effect; hurl. the ship was dashed upon the rocks Example sentencesExamples Bearded vultures are the only living birds known to access bone marrow, which they do by dashing bones onto rocks from great heights. I found Liberman and Nunberg the other day just about ready to dash glasses of Chardonnay in each other's faces. Ah, how the heady idealism of youth is dashed upon the rocks of the pragmatism of adulthood. He walks on water without dashing his foot against a river rock. A predatory fish may eat it, or a strong current may dash it against a rock. He dashed the handset on a rock before stamping on the thin circuit boards and shattering them beyond use. I was suddenly aware of the breezes rustling the grasses, tossing the branches of the trees to and fro, dashing the leaves against each other. Living on the edge of precipices, it will raise skeletons high into the sky, dash them onto the rocks, and then extract the marrow with its curved beak. One could observe where the power of the Southern Ocean sweeps its mighty rollers up to dash their force onto the land. Synonyms hurl, smash, crash, slam, throw, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, flip, catapult, shy, aim, direct, project, propel, send, bowl 2.1no object, with adverbial of direction Strike forcefully against something. a gust of rain dashed against the bricks Example sentencesExamples Not proper rain, not good rain - but a light, spitting rain that came dashing down from the peaks and was too cold to make the grass grow. It's a dirty old night out there, wind howling, rain dashing against the windows, not at all the kind of night to move far from the fireside. Synonyms be hurled, crash, smash 2.2 Destroy or frustrate (a person's hopes or expectations) the budget dashed hopes of an increase in funding Example sentencesExamples But 25 years ago my dreams were dashed as I grew too tall to fit inside. Hopes of winning millions of pounds worth of grant aid were dashed for sports organisations across the country yesterday. Hopes have been dashed for all 38 employees of the ill-fated car dealership DC Cook with the announcement that they are being made redundant. This suggested a rapid resolution, only for those hopes to be dashed when the mission turns out to have come terribly close to catastrophe. The plans were almost dashed when lorry driver Daniel, 23, injured his knee and scuppered his chances of running the race. He had been drinking heavily as a way of escape since his dreams of going into the marines or the fire service were dashed due to injuries caused in a motorbike accident. But then the union representatives left, hopes were dashed, the strike was on. Last week, peace hopes at Acas were dashed after bosses claimed the union walked out and Aslef officials said management did not turn up. His hopes of driving in the opening rounds at Brands Hatch earlier this month were dashed due to the late delivery of one of the York City Racing Team's new Honda Accord cars. Hopes that the home side might effect a comeback were dashed by another early blow, as Hurst nodded home a right-wing corner only forty seconds after the restart. That feeling was unceremoniously dashed that evening when I found out about the chicken pox. Their anticipation was dashed, however, as marker Sylvain Guilhem intercepted the move when a score seemed a certainty. The year 2000 started out full of hope for all of us but, sadly, during the course of the past year for the farming community many of those hopes have already been dashed. Overnight hopes that the whale could escape by its own efforts were dashed when it was spotted further upstream than it was late on Friday, fighting against the current. Chessington and Hook United Football Club has been thrown a lifeline to help recover from debts threatening to dash promotion dreams. Lauren, who has been dancing since she was just three years-old, hopes to become a professional dancer, but knows her hopes will be dashed if the course shuts. Hopes that the workmen would finish the job on Monday were dashed when they left before lunchtime, with the chimney and rubble still in place. Frankie Dettori's bid to notch up his third straight victory in the race was dashed as his mount Doyen finished fourth. But hopes of a famous comeback victory were dashed when Bob Beswick forced his way over, Melling goaling for a 30-22 lead. After our plan to snorkel Wednesday was cruelly dashed by a huge thunderstorm, today we finally made it snorkeling. Synonyms shatter, destroy, wreck, ruin, crush, devastate, demolish, wreak havoc with, blast, blight, wipe out, overturn, torpedo, scotch, spoil, frustrate, thwart, baulk, check 2.3 Cause (someone) to lose confidence; dispirit. I won't tell Stuart—I think he'd be dashed Example sentencesExamples This rather dashed me, though he doesn't know that I am a diarist, and is probably unaware that I am somewhat simple-minded. Synonyms depress, dispirit, dishearten, grieve, desolate, discourage, upset, get down, bring down, cast down, dampen someone's spirits, cast a gloom on, bring tears to someone's eyes, break someone's heart, make someone's heart bleed exclamationdaSHdæʃ British informal Used to express mild annoyance. “Dash it all, I am in charge.” Example sentencesExamples Oh dash it... I think I got a problem! Synonyms damn, damnation, blast, hell, heck, gordon bennett noundaSHdæʃ 1in singular An act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily. she made a dash for the door Example sentencesExamples I made a dash for the door, and as I did I triggered the electronic video sensors at the store entrance, which wailed tumultuously as I broke out onto the street. Then quick dash round downstairs, pick up some tops, ostensibly for work, but probably unsuitable with those necklines, and home within two hours of leaving the office. Even without the need to keep on the lookout for the neighbors as I made a mad dash to a waiting taxi, the boardinghouse had become nothing more than a crash pad. Kevin made a mad dash for the passageway as the room imploded. So there's a mad dash to the kitchen with me rummaging through every cupboard and drawer imaginable to find a damn cork screw. That only left time to visit the tearooms for a superb Devonshire cream tea, before the heavens opened again, and we made a dash for the car. Upon hearing this Lexy turned away and started towards the bathroom wanting desperately wanting to make her walk into a mad dash. Excitable children made a dash for the first row, only to be pushed back by equally enthusiastic adults. I don't know how many times a strap has slipped off my shoulder or a handle cut into my hand during a mad dash from one gate to another at some airport. Then just after 3.30 pm, a group of people shepherding a woman with a coat over her head appeared at the hotel door and made a dash for a waiting car. As the prisoner and his escort left the car, O'Reilly made a dash for freedom by skipping over a fence and jumping into the sea. I dragged him outside and started shutting all the doors and windows - He just looked at me horrified and made a mad dash back inside. I was amazed when, after the movie, instead of everyone making a mad dash to the door, most remained seated, simply starring up at the credits on the screen. Winger Chris Watts was soon in action with a determined touchline dash as the second half began and Sinfield was again to the fore with a barging 20-metre burst. I autographed some books, including McTeer's, posed for a few photos, and, running late for my plane, made a dash for the exit. The new initiative comes just months after a defendant leapt over the dock at Southend court and made a dash for freedom. Other people leave it until the train has stopped, everyone else has already got on and off, and then they make a mad dash for the door, just passing through as the doors begin to close again. If you live in the woods and haven't planned how you'd make a fast dash in the face of a wildfire, you've got some thinking to do. If the couple had stayed in their room they would probably have survived, he said, but because they made a dash for it they fell unconscious after a few paces because of the high levels of fumes. As the robbers made a dash for it, he escaped into his business premises and closed the burglar-proof roll shutters. 1.1 A journey or period of time characterized by urgency or eager haste. a 20-mile dash to the airport Example sentencesExamples The Warriors players were hand-picked for the advert after weeks of selection procedures which ended with a mad dash to the final audition straight after a game. But when she woke up at four in the morning with contractions, it became clear very quickly there would be no time for a mad dash across west Wiltshire. Comments on everything from television coverage following the disaster, to donations, refugees and Ray Martin's dash to the disaster zone. Monday night consisted of a mad dash to Miami airport and a flight up to Orlando where the serious work began. From now, there's a mad dash to election day, and the candidates are just going to do their stump speeches. My instructor told the student would have been no dash across Europe by the Third Army if not for the tremendous logistical effort made on their behalf. If so, I should by now be unable to contain my excitement about the eclipse, and be packing my suitcase for a once-in-a-lifetime dash to Cornwall. Holidaymakers Hazel and David Matchett have described their terrifying last minute dash to safety as they fled Hurricane Ivan. They jam the roads, stop and start on bridges, pour hydrocarbons into the air and jostle for bus seats, all in a mad dash to and from offices. It's good to have a garden in which to potter, that's for sure, and potter is most of what I've done today, apart from a mad dash out to collect my pension and have a fish-and-chips lunch. Nineteen services were axed last night and seven cancelled during this morning's dash to work as efforts continued to restore power after the weekend's blaze. You can take a fifteen minute dash by helicopter for an overall impression of the island before the machine lands for a closer look at the volcanic activity. A top police display dog was saved from choking to death by a quick-acting vet and a fast dash in a police car. So, when a good house - or in this case, two good houses - go up for sale, potential buyers had better dash immediately round to the estate agent and be prepared to form an orderly queue. This is great news - not just for fast-tiring toddlers, but also for hyperadrenalised teens keen to make one last dash round the big attractions before shut-up time. We had a mad dash across Paris in the rush-hour to catch our connection to the South and nearly missed it because of confusion over our sleeper-tickets. The team joins the men's Clan on the road as they prepare for their games against the University of Saskatchewan as they make a mad dash for the playoffs. Help build a brighter future for children with autism - and you could win a £500 supermarket trolley dash. From there the runners tackled Snowden, then it was another dash to get into the treacherous Menai Straits before the tide turned and made the passage impossible. In less compelling boobal news, Pauline Hanson has announced her intention to make a last minute dash for election to the Senate as an independent. 1.2North American A short, fast race run in one heat; a sprint. the 100-yard dash Example sentencesExamples On the men's side, Adrian Blair had a fifth-place finish in the first heat of the 60m dash with a time of 7.25 seconds. Jason Fedee won the men's 100 metre dash with Mandela Clifford second. The 1200 metre dash will contain a top class field. He runs the fastest 40-yard dash of any defensive tackle, 4.85 seconds. The money was generated from the seventh annual ‘Wiener Dog Challenge,’ in which Dachshunds compete in a series of 70-yard dashes. The country's leading sprinters kick off the heats with the 50m dash - a tough line-up to just make the semi-final among the men. He runs two 40-yard dashes, and the scouts huddle to compare their stopwatches. He passed Monday's test - a triple jump off either leg to display his right leg was as strong as his left and three timed 40-yard dashes. He has won two silver medals in 100m dash, four silver medals and bronze medals in javelin throw and discus throw in national-level competitions. He has taken part in every event from the 100 m dash to a 42-km marathon. Chris Strickland, a member of the Mohegan tribe, will throw the javelin, shot put and discus and run the 100-meter dash. Canty took his from a crisp 100m in 11.5sec and Stevens matched this from his 11.4sec hurdles dash. At the Indianapolis combine, only three cornerbacks ran four 40-yard dashes in the 4.3s. The competition was not all for students - teachers also got in on the act when they competed in a 100-meter dash. Today we get to run the dashes and do pole vaults and other stuff. Mornings can feel like a 50-yard dash, racing from the gym to the kids' school to the workplace. Yanes has qualified in the men's 100m dash and the 4x100m relay, along with Sukari, Subakir and John Murray. Clarett ran two 40-yard dashes, the official times of which have yet to come out. He ran track and held records in both the 100 and 200-yard dashes. Surprisingly, his interest in sports sparked off as recently as 1995, when a friend enrolled him in a 100 m dash, in which he won. Synonyms rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, leap, charge, plunge, dive, bound, break, scamper, scramble 2A small quantity of a substance, especially a liquid, added to something else. whiskey with a dash of soda Example sentencesExamples In addition to the lemon juice, you can use a dash of vinegar to pep up bland leaves (although if you've grown your own, you won't have to). A dash of yoghurt, a splash of honey, a mask of egg white and the kiss of other life giving substances left my skin glowing. Develop/wash in a flat-bottomed tray containing water with a dash of washing-up liquid added. Niewoudt and Theron did nothing worse than slip a little green pepper extract and a dash of fruit juice flavourant into the tanks when nobody was looking. Every morning before breakfast, comb hair, apply makeup, a dash of cologne, and perhaps some simple earrings. This recipe, provided by the Alberta Turkey Producers, spikes a stock made from the Christmas turkey carcass with herbs and a dash of hot pepper sauce. Produced from a blend of the native Nero d' Avola and Frappato grapes with just a dash of Cabernet Sauvignon, this has deep dark secrets that unfold easily in your glass. Pastry - beat 125g butter with 50g golden syrup and a dash of lemon juice until light and fluffy. To produce a working product, engineers at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain added a dash of methanol and a catalyst to the jojoba oil. A Mochatail for those daring enough to drink one is a dash of espresso coffee, sprinkled with chocolate cookie, topped with whipped cream. We appreciated just how well milk, chocolate powder (if tastes allow, a dash of coffee) go with rum or vodka, a cold shake with a kick. Add a dash of lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste You can bet that nuance of orange in your ice-cream owes more to a dash of Grand Marnier than to a squeeze of the real thing. ‘The students come in and have a treble vodka with a dash of Corky's and a dash of coke, for £3.50,’ said Arthur. East of the beach is Udder Delight, a unique St. Thomas dairy serving creamy milkshakes with a dash of Cruzan rum, a longtime local tradition. But the white powder you mix up yourself with water, supplemented with a dash of UniBond PVA adhesive, will solve most household filling problems. The dip, composed of vinegar, a splash of soy sauce and a dash of red chili, could use a certain extra something to give it more of a zing, as the roll was in need of a little something to wake up the taste buds. For a quick and easy sauce I add two tablespoons of Frank's Red Hot with Lime, one tablespoon of tomato paste, a pinch of salt and a dash of vinegar. Ingredients: the usual flour, eggs, milk, yeast, etc. - plus a dash of 7UP to help the yeast rise. Synonyms drop, few drops, splash, dribble, trickle, spot, hint, touch, bit 2.1 A small amount of a particular quality adding piquancy or distinctiveness to something else. a casual atmosphere with a dash of sophistication Example sentencesExamples All that is charming about Australian wine, with a dash of sophistication. Like many a group before them, they had met at art school, and not surprisingly they added a dash of colour to both their image and music. The latest trend in interior design seems to suggest that there is nothing like a dash of antiquity to lend beauty and elegance to a room. Kittichai brings a taste of Bangkok, with a dash of international fusion, to Soho. Then add traditional English Christmas songs and carols, stir in a dash of humour and a pinch of pantomime and sprinkle with magic-dust. Like most everything in Russia these days, the event had a whiff of great import with a big dash of farce. Rood sounds like it belongs in ‘84-a bit o’ punk, a dash of watered-down new wave and a pinch of pop. The score relies on a tried-and-true recipe to generate suspense: a little bit of Psycho, a pinch of Jaws, a dash of sweeping melody. The meet and the hunt provided a dash of colour in the lives of all during the otherwise drab British winter. Every track is distinct from the last with its added dash of Erasure magic installed within. The answer is to spice up the dish with a pinch of sex and add a dash of glamour in the shape of actress Diane Lane. Synonyms small amount, touch, sprinkle, pinch, taste, lick, spot, drop, dab, speck, smack, smattering, sprinkling, splash, dribble, trickle, grain, soupçon, trace, bit, modicum, little, suggestion, suspicion, hint, scintilla, tinge, tincture, whiff, whisper, overtone, undertone, nuance, colouring 3A horizontal stroke in writing or printing to mark a pause or break in sense or to represent omitted letters or words. Example sentencesExamples Consider for a start all finite sequences of the twenty six letters of the English alphabet, the ten digits, a comma, a full stop, a dash and a blank space. Their use of the dash in the letters seems consistent with its use in much nineteenth - century correspondence. Consigned to the unlovely basket are colons and semicolons, and dashes and parentheses. Remember, when copying a site's URL from the newspaper or other media you need to get the URL correct - no spaces, dashes and capital letters only where noted. She answered in a fluently written letter punctuated by dashes about the death of her husband. Modern editors turn to dashes and exclamation marks to transcribe these rapid changes in thought and speech. If you don't know whether or not to use a colon, a semicolon, or a dash, cut that sentence down! This book's a success, it's true, even though it's about commas, apostrophes, colons, dashes and other marks. Often their three lines are split into two parts, by a colon or a dash, with an imaginative distance between the two sections. Dots and dashes make all the difference to a website address - as Colchester Council is just discovering. I turn off nearly every automatic feature there is, from conversion of hyphens to appropriate dashes, to AutoCorrect and AutoFormat. In less formal writing, the dash is often a catch-all mark to take the place of both colon and semicolon, obviating the need to distinguish them or think about more subtle kinds of punctuation. 3.1 The longer signal of the two used in Morse code. Compare with dot Example sentencesExamples The radio operator tuned in to the appropriate Sonne station, counted the number of dots or dashes heard, and referred these to a special map to read off the bearing. Both transmitted in simplified Morse code, one solely dots, the other solely dashes. Morse Code uses a series of dots and dashes to transmit and receive messages. It works like Morse code, which is a way to transmit the alphabet over radio waves using dots (short beeps) and dashes (long beeps). The sound of the dots and dashes of the radio range in my earphones, and the instrument panel was my whole world. Perhaps the most famous coding is Morse Code, which converts letters of the alphabet into series of dots and dashes. Today, when we think of telegraphs we think of electric telegraphs, we think of wires and Morse code and dots and dashes and telegrams and that sort of thing. 3.2Music A short vertical mark placed above or beneath a note to indicate that it is to be performed in a very staccato manner. Example sentencesExamples The composer's intentions may be notated as dots, dashes, accents, and slurs. 4Impetuous or flamboyant vigor and confidence; panache. he has youthful energy, dash, and charisma Example sentencesExamples As it happens, Dreamers of the Day is turning out to be magical realism, but in a very flat midwestern way with a whole lot of realism and just a rather bemused dash of magical. If the winners emerge with some dash in their style, they may also have to contend with being All-Ireland favourites. For some onlookers it will not be enough merely for Brazil or Germany to win the World Cup trophy tonight, they will have had to do it with dash and style. An all-time Parsi eleven would open with Engineer and Contractor, dash at one end, caution at the other. Brimming with this new dash of energy, Darteil just needed one more psychological push. Two others who played a huge role for Naomh Eoin were wingbacks Johnny Murphy and John Cleary who flanked the steady Niall Foley with style and dash. Kilcummin were confounding the critics as they played with dash and flair, first to every ball as they attacked in waves. We wouldn't have been surprised to see them the next day disporting themselves on the golf course or the Tennis court with equal verve and dash. Combined with driving large timber trucks, these things define a certain kind of dash among young Kayan men. It is cute, astute, cerebral football, a mirror image of their studious manager though with an added dash of style and panache. The Stoltzmans played it with dash and brio to spare. Portlaoise are still missing the style and dash that won them so many admirers as they swept through Laois and Leinster and contested an All Ireland club final this year. It is these characteristics that give these Mozart performances, with the violinist doubling as soloist and director of the OAE, such dash and vitality. A politician of flair and dash and, when roused by the occasion, an impressive parliamentary speaker, Derby never realized the early promise of his career. From freaky fêtes to wacky races, we British will be dispersing across the country with our trademark enthusiasm, eccentricity and, on occasion, a dash of style. And to add extra dash Willie has Alexander Banquet vying for honours as well… But at its best, especially in the fiction, there is a fantastic sense of energy, intellectual fearlessness, contingency, reckless dash. A London journalist has summed up the divergencies of the eight teams concerned in the current cup ties in this way: Aston Villa - Clever without much dash or abandon. Indeed, he did not have his father's dash, his abilities as a military commander, his diplomatic skill or his immense intellect. Synonyms verve, style, stylishness, flamboyance, gusto, zest, confidence, self-assurance, elan, flair, flourish, vigour, vivacity, vivaciousness, sparkle, brio, panache, éclat, exuberance, ebullience, enthusiasm, eagerness, vitality, dynamism, animation, liveliness, spirit, energy 5informal short for dashboard Example sentencesExamples The dash is neatly laid out and a pop-up panel houses the screen for the sat nav which can be tilted to remove glare. Those trademark Smart eye-like dials are there, protruding from the top of the dash, while the rest of the layout is well designed using good quality plastics. The sat nav, which slides out of the top of the dash Bond-style, can be a bit tricky to read sometimes and the controls - located on the back of the steering wheel - are a bit fiddly. Three pods in the centre of the dash house the primary instruments, while the minor controls are grouped together beneath them. I like the style of the interior, but the location of the dials in the middle of the dash is not good. Wash and polish the bodywork, clean and polish the wheels to get rid of any engrained brake dust, vacuum and shampoo the interior and give the dash and steering wheel a good buffing. But the price for having those clever little electronic maps built into your dash is still far too high for true volume sales to take off. The on-off switch should be mounted in a convenient location on the dash and within your reach. A long dashboard reaches deep into the sloping windscreen with almost none of the bonnet visible as you peer over the dash. If there is a pressure loss of 7 psi or more, then there is a warning light activated on the dash. Smart key technology is standard; engine start/stop is performed through a pushbutton on the dash. Power windows, locks and mirrors and CD in the dash, are very upscale options for that little bit of cash. The driver flipped a control on his dash and a green light appeared. The steering wheel and the dash are also made of the light and very strong material which has been used in Formula one since 1988. You have to take your eyes off the road, look down to twiddle a knob then check the screen on the dash, all to find the right function. The oblong LCD panel perched on top of the dash displays the sat nav instructions. This is enlivened by Mondial blue flourishes on the dash, sports steering wheel and gearstick, and the same drilled aluminium pedals as the 172. I don't like the controls in the middle of the dash for the satellite navigation; they were horrible. The dash layout is brilliant, with logically-placed controls and an uncluttered layout, but that's by-the-by. The dash is nicely finished in silver metal effect and there are plenty of cubbyholes for storage, even a shelf above the driver's head, although the glovebox is tiny. Phrasal Verbs dash something off Write something hurriedly and without much premeditation. Example sentencesExamples We were confronted by a row of little pictures that not only looked as though they had been dashed off at high speed, but plainly were considered by their makers to be complete. I tend to dash things off without thinking so much. You law students might think that we old law profs just dash these things off in an hour, but, in fact, it takes some doing. The excuse for churning out a far less funny film, it seemed, was simple: ‘We just dashed it off.’ A minor project for the master architect, perhaps, but with a grandness indicating that he didn't just dash it off. John Taylor's paper was dashed off and sent to the scientific journal Nature for publication. Synonyms scribble, write hurriedly, write untidily, write illegibly, scratch, scrawl, doodle, jot, jot down Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘strike forcibly against’): probably symbolic of forceful movement and related to Swedish and Danish daska. verb.1 phr.v.
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