dashverb
uk/dæʃ/us/dæʃ/dash verb (MOVE QUICKLY)
B2 [ I ] to go somewhere quickly:
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- We dashed for the train, but it was already pulling away from the platform.
- Sit down for a minute - you've been dashing around all day.
- I'm sorry, but I've got to dash or I'll be late collecting the children from school.
- Bob came in the door and dashed straight upstairs without even saying hello.
- A cat suddenly dashed across the road in front of us.
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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dash verb (HIT)
[ I or T, usually + prep ] to hit something with great force, especially causing damage:
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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
- bang
- bowl sb over
- broadside
- buffet
- bump
- cannon
- catch
- ding
- go into sth
- hit
- jarring
- knock sb down
- knock sb over
- prang
- run (sth) into sth/sb
- sideswipe
- slam
- smash
- smash-up
- strike
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Phrasal verb(s)
dashnoun
uk/dæʃ/us/dæʃ/dash noun (QUICK MOVEMENT)
B2 [ S ] the act of running somewhere very quickly:
[ C usually singular ] mainly US a race over a short distance:
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- We made a mad dash for the train.
- At the end of the lecture, there was rather an unseemly dash for the door.
- A pedestrian waiting to cross the road suddenly decided to make a dash for it.
- On the ferry, he began to feel awful and made a dash for the loo just in time.
- It was such a dash getting to the children's performance after work, but I'm glad I made the effort.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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dash noun (PUNCTUATION)
B2 [ C ] the symbol – used to separate parts of a sentence
[ C ] a long sound or flash of light that is used with dots to send messages in Morse (code)
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Punctuation
- ampersand
- asterisk
- capitalize
- caron
- cedilla
- ditto
- grave (accent)
- guillemet
- hyphen
- hyphenate
- lower case
- parentheses
- period
- punctuation
- punctuation mark
- question mark
- quotation marks
- stroke
- tilde
- upper case
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dash noun (SMALL AMOUNT)
C2 a small amount of something, especially liquid food, that is added to something else:
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Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- by a nose idiom
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinprick
- ray
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shard
- shred
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dash noun (STYLE)
[ U ] old-fashioned style and confidence
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Skill, talent and ability
- a magic touch idiom
- ability
- accomplishment
- accuracy
- acumen
- bandwidth
- capability
- command
- ear
- effortless
- expertise
- facility
- faculty
- finesse
- métier
- nose
- polish
- proficient
- prowess
- pyrotechnics
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dashexclamation
uk/dæʃ/us/dæʃ/UK old-fashioned informalused to express anger:
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Expressions of anger
- bally
- beg
- biscuit
- blast
- blasted
- bleeding
- bloody
- dare
- fie
- flip
- flipping
- for crying out loud! idiom
- freaking
- pipe
- precious
- put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it! idiom
- sodding
- that (really) takes the biscuit idiom
- that does it! idiom
- what a business! idiom
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