Dash
verb
To run quickly or suddenly.
He dashed into the room to hide from his brother.
Often appears as...
- dash off
- dash out
verb
To break or destroy something by throwing it against a hard surface.
In his anger, he dashed the plate against the wall.
Often appears as...
- dash against
- dash to pieces
noun
A short run or fast movement.
She made a dash for the door when she saw her chance to escape.
Often appears as...
- make a dash
- a sudden dash
noun
A punctuation mark (-) used to connect words or parts of words.
She used a dash to connect the two parts of her sentence.
Often appears as...
- long dash
- short dash
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To do something quickly.
I need to dash off this email before I leave.
Often appears as...
- dash off an email
- dash off a note
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
The control panel in a car or vehicle.
Check the dash for any warning lights before you start the car.
Often appears as...
- car dash
- vehicle dash
verb
To run quickly or suddenly.
He dashed into the room to hide from his brother.
Often appears as...
- dash off
- dash out
verb
To break or destroy something by throwing it against a hard surface.
In his anger, he dashed the plate against the wall.
Often appears as...
- dash against
- dash to pieces
noun
A short run or fast movement.
She made a dash for the door when she saw her chance to escape.
Often appears as...
- make a dash
- a sudden dash
noun
A punctuation mark (-) used to connect words or parts of words.
She used a dash to connect the two parts of her sentence.
Often appears as...
- long dash
- short dash
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To do something quickly.
I need to dash off this email before I leave.
Often appears as...
- dash off an email
- dash off a note
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
The control panel in a car or vehicle.
Check the dash for any warning lights before you start the car.
Often appears as...
- car dash
- vehicle dash
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Urgent Action
Used to show sudden or urgent movement, often away from something.
She dashed away from the bee buzzing around her head.
Pro Tip 2/2Short Distance
Implies running over a short distance quickly, not a long run.
He dashed across the street to catch the bus.
Pro Tip 1/2Urgent Action
Used to show sudden or urgent movement, often away from something.
She dashed away from the bee buzzing around her head.
Pro Tip 2/2Short Distance
Implies running over a short distance quickly, not a long run.
He dashed across the street to catch the bus.
Pro Tip 1/2Urgent Action
Used to show sudden or urgent movement, often away from something.
She dashed away from the bee buzzing around her head.
Pro Tip 2/2Short Distance
Implies running over a short distance quickly, not a long run.
He dashed across the street to catch the bus.
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Video examples
Coneheads, egg stacks...
This single determined termite is braving countless threats to participate in the only flight of her lifetime. She evades the onslaught of predators even as she lands, flips off her wings, secretes pheromones, and attracts a mate. The pair dash from the danger zone into a rotting tree stump.
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The Survival of the Sea...
Roughly a month and a half after having been laid, the surviving eggs hatch, and the young turtles, each small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, squirm to the surface, emerging from the sand en masse, and making their desperate dash for the sea. Along the way, debris, pitfalls, crabs,
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Mark Kendall: Demo: A...
and that dashed line indicates the protection threshold. If we're above that line it's considered protective; if we're below that line it's not. So the red line is mostly below that curve and indeed there's only one point that is achieved with the needle that's protective,
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The secrets in volcanic...
in a single eruption in the Caribbean what makes the difference between an explosive eruption or fizzle now contrary to what you might think the right approach here is not to go dashing headlong into a volcano while its rear up ting that's super dangerous I don't
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A day in the life of a...
instead, Boraqchin rolls up her sleeves, greases her arm and helps the ewe give birth to two new additions to the empire. Leaving the lambs and their mother, Boraqchin dashes back to the camp. Here the final touches have been put to packing,
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Octopus Kills Shark PIPE...
anybody ask the octopus about this knew what the aquarium folks are thinking is that the octopus can use its ability to camouflage itself as protection and if that doesn't work it has the strength to fight off the shark or at least dash to
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The math and magic of...
But even more importantly, he created a language, a way we could communicate, a code of dots, dashes and arrows. Harkening back to Susan Blackmore's talk, we now have a means of transmitting information with heredity and selection,
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The genius of...
That dash is science. By putting that dash there, Dmitri was making a bold statement. He said -- and I'm paraphrasing here -- Y'all haven't discovered this element yet. In the meantime, I'm going to give it a name.
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Shark vs Octopus PIPE...
what the aquarium folks are thinking is that the octopus can use its ability to camouflage itself as protection and if that doesn't work it has the strength to fight off the shark or at least dash to
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Crab vs Eel vs Octopus PIPE...
the crabs make a dash for it
Video examples
Coneheads, egg stacks...
This single determined termite is braving countless threats to participate in the only flight of her lifetime. She evades the onslaught of predators even as she lands, flips off her wings, secretes pheromones, and attracts a mate. The pair dash from the danger zone into a rotting tree stump.
Video examples
The Survival of the Sea...
Roughly a month and a half after having been laid, the surviving eggs hatch, and the young turtles, each small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, squirm to the surface, emerging from the sand en masse, and making their desperate dash for the sea. Along the way, debris, pitfalls, crabs,
Video examples
Mark Kendall: Demo: A...
and that dashed line indicates the protection threshold. If we're above that line it's considered protective; if we're below that line it's not. So the red line is mostly below that curve and indeed there's only one point that is achieved with the needle that's protective,
Video examples
The secrets in volcanic...
in a single eruption in the Caribbean what makes the difference between an explosive eruption or fizzle now contrary to what you might think the right approach here is not to go dashing headlong into a volcano while its rear up ting that's super dangerous I don't
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
instead, Boraqchin rolls up her sleeves, greases her arm and helps the ewe give birth to two new additions to the empire. Leaving the lambs and their mother, Boraqchin dashes back to the camp. Here the final touches have been put to packing,
Video examples
Octopus Kills Shark PIPE...
anybody ask the octopus about this knew what the aquarium folks are thinking is that the octopus can use its ability to camouflage itself as protection and if that doesn't work it has the strength to fight off the shark or at least dash to
Video examples
The math and magic of...
But even more importantly, he created a language, a way we could communicate, a code of dots, dashes and arrows. Harkening back to Susan Blackmore's talk, we now have a means of transmitting information with heredity and selection,
Video examples
The genius of...
That dash is science. By putting that dash there, Dmitri was making a bold statement. He said -- and I'm paraphrasing here -- Y'all haven't discovered this element yet. In the meantime, I'm going to give it a name.
Video examples
Shark vs Octopus PIPE...
what the aquarium folks are thinking is that the octopus can use its ability to camouflage itself as protection and if that doesn't work it has the strength to fight off the shark or at least dash to
Video examples
Crab vs Eel vs Octopus PIPE...
the crabs make a dash for it
Example 1 of 10
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Mark Foster
American Musician
The jingles saved my life. When I got hired to do that, I was on top. I finally was making a living doing what I loved. Before that, it was so bleak; it got so dark in L.A. I was 25, been living there for seven years trying to make it, and getting really close to getting signed with different bands and as a solo artist only to have my hopes dashed.
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Gerard Butler
Scottish Actor
I've had broken bones and cuts and dashes and tears from movies, but when I was five, my mom put the biscuits up high so we wouldn't be helping ourselves. So, one day I asked to stand up on a chair to get a biscuit, and it fell, and the corner of the chair went right into the side of my eye, and it made a big hole in there.
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Diane Sawyer
American Journalist
Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about technology and sets, and flash and dash, forgetting the main thing, which is interesting people saying interesting, important things.
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Max Muller
German Educator
Thus one memory follows another until the waves dash together over our heads, and a deep sigh swells the breast, which warns us that we have forgotten to breathe in the midst of these pure thoughts.
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Jeff Buckley
American Musician
I want to be ripped apart by music. I want it to be something that feeds and replenishes, or that totally sucks the life out of you. I want to be dashed against the rocks.
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Alessandro Nivola
American Actor
I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.
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Fran Lebowitz
American Journalist
Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
I sense that the road to Heaven is paved with dashed hopes.
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Scott Thompson
Canadian Comedian
I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things.
Quote examples
Mark Foster
American Musician
The jingles saved my life. When I got hired to do that, I was on top. I finally was making a living doing what I loved. Before that, it was so bleak; it got so dark in L.A. I was 25, been living there for seven years trying to make it, and getting really close to getting signed with different bands and as a solo artist only to have my hopes dashed.
Quote examples
Gerard Butler
Scottish Actor
I've had broken bones and cuts and dashes and tears from movies, but when I was five, my mom put the biscuits up high so we wouldn't be helping ourselves. So, one day I asked to stand up on a chair to get a biscuit, and it fell, and the corner of the chair went right into the side of my eye, and it made a big hole in there.
Quote examples
Diane Sawyer
American Journalist
Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about technology and sets, and flash and dash, forgetting the main thing, which is interesting people saying interesting, important things.
Quote examples
Max Muller
German Educator
Thus one memory follows another until the waves dash together over our heads, and a deep sigh swells the breast, which warns us that we have forgotten to breathe in the midst of these pure thoughts.
Quote examples
Jeff Buckley
American Musician
I want to be ripped apart by music. I want it to be something that feeds and replenishes, or that totally sucks the life out of you. I want to be dashed against the rocks.
Quote examples
Alessandro Nivola
American Actor
I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.
Quote examples
Fran Lebowitz
American Journalist
Scientists - the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
Quote examples
William Shatner
Canadian Actor
I was built for the long run, not for the short dash, I guess.
Quote examples
Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
I sense that the road to Heaven is paved with dashed hopes.
Quote examples
Scott Thompson
Canadian Comedian
I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things.
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