dash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dæʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
Forms: form: dashes
Etymology: From Middle English daschen, dassen, from Danish daske (“to slap, strike”), related to Swedish daska (“to smack, slap, spank”), of obscure origin. Compare German tatschen (“to grope, paw”), Old English dwǣsċan (“to quell, put out, destroy, extinguish”). See also dush.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
hypernyms: word: symbol
glosses: Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
hypernyms: word: symbol
glosses: Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
A hyphen or minus sign.
glosses: The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
examples: text: When the feds came they did the dash.
synonyms: rush
sprint
glosses: A short run, flight.
examples: text: The oar squeaks,
a dash sound like
moon-hustle on the river:
ref: 1987, Archie Randolph Ammons, “Coming Round”, in Robert Pack, Jay Parini, editors, Introspections: American poets on one of their own poems, Hanover and London: University Press of New England for Middlebury College Press, published 1997, →ISBN, page 18:
synonyms: spurt
surge
thrust
glosses: A rushing or violent onset.
examples: text: They say that I’m way too cold, I never get tired of rappin
My word is bang where I come from
Watch be one work is magic
Do it and dash it
Smile on MAT
No way this peng one acting
Who got whacked and who got slapped
And who got spared by dashes
ref: 2018 January 24, “Irrelevant Things”, performed by C1 from LTH:
synonyms: blow
knock
thwack
glosses: Violent strike; a whack.
examples: text: Add a dash of vinegar.
synonyms: word: drop
word: skoosh
word: soupçon
word: ace
word: tinge
word: atom
word: trace element
word: aught
word: bissel
word: bit
word: crumb
word: glimpse
word: dab
word: damn
word: dash
word: diddly
word: glint
word: dot
word: spatter
word: drop
word: dusting
word: fleck
word: hint
word: flip
word: flyspeck
word: grain
word: halfpennyworth
word: inch
word: iota
word: jot
word: lick
word: mite
word: modicum
word: molecule
word: morceau
word: morsel
word: mote
word: ooch
word: ounce
word: particle
word: pennyworth
word: piece
word: pinch
word: scantling
word: semblance
word: scent
word: scintilla
word: scooch
word: scrap
word: scruple
word: shred
word: skerrick
word: skoosh
word: skosh
word: sliver
word: smattering
word: smidge
word: smidgen
word: smidget
word: smidgy
word: smitch
word: smithereen
word: soupçon
word: spark
word: speck
word: speckle
word: spot
word: sprinkle
word: sprinkling
word: strain
word: tad
word: tidbit
word: tidge
word: tittle
word: toddick
word: touch
word: trace
word: trifle
word: tuppence worth
word: vestige
word: whiff
word: whit
glosses: A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
examples: text: There is a dash of craziness in his personality.
synonyms: element
hint
touch
glosses: A slight admixture.
examples: text: Aren't we full of dash this morning?
synonyms: energy
vim
vitality
glosses: Ostentatious vigor.
examples: text: The traditional practice of offering gifts or "dash" to chiefs has often been misinterpreted by scholars to provide a cultural explanation for the pervasive incidence of bribery and corruption in modern Africa.
ref: 1992, George Billy Nii Ayittey, Africa Betrayed, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 44:
text: Writing in 1924 on a similar situation in Ugep, the political officer, Mr. S. T. Harvey noted: "In the old days there was no specified dowry but merely dashes given to the father-in-law, from 8 to 20 rods according to the status of the man[…]The dowry is made small because whatsoever a woman farms or reaps during her life time is by native custom the property of her parents."
ref: 2006, Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo, The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885–1950 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; 25), University of Rochester Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 99:
text: The only other times you'll be asked for a dash is from beggars.
ref: 2008, Lizzie Williams, updated by Mark Shenley, Nigeria: The Bradt Travel Guide, published 2012, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 109:
synonyms: word: douceur
word: sweetener
word: backhander
word: bribe
word: bung
word: coffee money
word: cold drink money
word: dash
word: douceur
word: inducement
word: kopi money
word: pay-off
word: payola
word: subornation
word: sweetener
word: tea money
word: benefaction
word: boon
word: concession
word: donative
word: fairing
word: gift
word: grant
word: present
word: tithing
qualifier: Ghana; Liberia; Ghana; Liberia
glosses: A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
examples: text: Sir Thomas looks as if to ask what the dash is that to you! but wanting still to go to India again, and knowing how strong the Newcomes are in Leadenhall Street, he thinks it necessary to be civil to the young cub, and swallows his pride once more into his waistband.
Comment: Some editions leave this passage out. Of those that include it, some change the 'you!' to 'you?'.
ref: 1853, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, Chapter VI, serialized in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, (VIII, no. 43, Dec 1853) p. 118
text: Who the dash is this person whom none of us know? and what the dash does he do here?
ref: 1884, Lord Robert Gower, My Reminiscences, reprinted in "The Evening Lamp", The Christian Union, (29) 22, (May 29, 1884) p. 524
synonyms: beep
blankety-blank
glosses: A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)
examples: text: The dash clock said 2:38 when[…] I turned off a dirt road[…].
ref: 1955 October 19, Rex Stout, The Next Witness, Three Witnesses, 94 Bantam, →ISBN, page 31:
synonyms: control panel
instrument panel
glosses: Ellipsis of dashboard.
examples: text: -i hope you find at least one thing on your dash that will make you laugh today.
ref: 2018, anonymous, quoted in Mélanie Bourdaa, "'May We Meet Again': Social Bonds, Activities, and Identities in the #Clexa Fandom", in A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies (ed. Paul Booth), page 392
text: i cannot tell you how happy it makes me when i see my dash filled with selfies from other folks who look like me.
ref: 2018, "notthesameknowledge", quoted in Randall Lake, Recovering Argument, unnumbered page
text: “You wanna know what else is all over my dash? Gifs of you and your boyfriend."
ref: 2018, Krista Ritchie, Becca Ritchie, Alphas Like Us, unnumbered page:
synonyms: control panel
instrument panel
graphical user interface
glosses: Ellipsis of dashboard.
The dashboard of a social media user.
glosses: A prime symbol.
Synonyms: word: dash
Hypernyms: word: punctuation mark
Hyponyms: word: en dash
word: em dash
word: figure dash
word: horizontal bar
Derived terms: word: dashing
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: em dash
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: dash case
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: en dash
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: mutton dash
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: nine-dash line
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: nut dash
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: oblique dash
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: quotation dash
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: swung dash
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: wave dash
topics: typography
publishing
media
word: wedge-and-dash
sense: dashboard
word: dashcam
sense: dashboard
word: dash cam
sense: other terms derived from the noun (unsorted)
word: 100-meter dash
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word: 440-yard dash
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word: airdash
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word: backdash
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word: bedash
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word: cut a dash
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word: dash cherry
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word: dash-dotted
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word: dashism
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word: dashlight
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word: dashlike
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word: dashpoint
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word: dashpot
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word: dashtop
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word: dashy
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word: do the dash
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word: pebble dashdash-wheel
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word: revel-dash
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word: slapdash
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word: spatterdash
sense: other terms derived from the noun (unsorted)
word: splatterdash
sense: other terms derived from the noun (unsorted)
word: trolley dash
Related terms: alt: '; ’
word: apostrophe
word: curly brackets
word: brace
word: square bracket
word: bracket
alt: :
word: colon
alt: ,
word: comma
alt: …
word: ellipsis
alt: !
word: exclamation mark
alt: ⁄
word: fraction slash
alt: « »; ‹ ›
word: guillemet
alt: -; ‐
word: hyphen
alt: ·
word: interpunct
alt: ‽
word: interrobang
word: bracket
word: parentheses (US
alt: ( )
word: Canada)
word: full stop
alt: .
word: period
alt: ?
word: question mark
alt: ‘ ’ ‚; „
word: quotation marks
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
alt: "; '
word: quotation marks
alt: ;
word: semicolon
word: slash
alt: /
word: stroke
alt: ] [
word: space
word: minus sign