distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
Used in a Sentence
dash
How to use dash in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for dash.
Editorial note
And, hell, half the time they can be killed even if the dash cam is running.
Examples12
Definitions12
Parts of speech2
Quick take
distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of dash gathered in one view.
a quick run
a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for dash.
noun
distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
noun
a quick run
See also: sprint
noun
a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
noun
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
See also: hyphen
noun
the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
See also: dah
noun
the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
See also: bolt
verb
run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
verb
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
See also: smash
verb
hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
See also: crash
verb
destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
verb
cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
verb
add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"
Example sentences
And, hell, half the time they can be killed even if the dash cam is running.
There's off the shelf products that Ford could purchase and drop into a dash tomorrow.
They can, literally, be killed with impunity … as long as the dash cam isn't running.
In that situation, where you've been led to believe the dash behaves like a wonky gauge, it's quite reasonable to not call back.
If they are buying loyal users and customers, their mad-dash growth strategy would seem rational.
While I must edit repeatedly to produce reasonable prose, PG can just dash off a brilliant essay.
I had to put on my suit and dash away from the camp in the morning before I was spotted, I'd then change before coming back in the evening.
A lot of companies would complain about Uber and die a slow death, but this guy is like "if they don't have to follow the rules, neither do I."It shows dash.
Given the ambiguity of what the dash was reporting and what Tesla personnel were telling him, it looks like he put his trust in the humans.
For a person associated with a publication I would expect a much higher level of knowledge of things like 'how to cite' and 'how to attribute' and maybe a dash of copyright 101.
The displayed range never reached the number of miles remaining to Milford, and as I limped along at about 45 miles per hour I saw increasingly dire dashboard warnings to recharge immediately.
Ubuntu provides by default an on/off slider in its privacy settings for disabling the display of online search results in the dash[1], BUT I'm not sure if changing that slider to 'off' will also disable the sharing of searches with Canonical's servers.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use dash in a sentence?
And, hell, half the time they can be killed even if the dash cam is running.
What does dash mean?
distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
What part of speech is dash?
dash is commonly used as noun, verb.