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dash

verb

1 he dashed straight home to see his father:

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, 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, leg it;

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.

▷antonyms dawdle.

2 he picked up the glass case and dashed it to the ground:

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, yeet;

North American, informal peg;

Australian, informal hoy;

New Zealand, informal bish.

3 the wind and rain dashed against the thick stone walls:

be hurled, crash, smash;

batter, strike, beat, pound, pummel, lash, slam into.

4 it was a 15-year-old newcomer who dashed her hopes for a third title:

shatter, destroy, wreck, ruin, crush, devastate, demolish, wreak havoc with, blast, blight, wipe out, overturn, torpedo, scotch, spoil, frustrate, thwart, balk, check;

burst someone's bubble;

informal put the kibosh on, banjax, do for, blow a hole in, nix, put paid to;

British, informal scupper, dish;

archaic bring to naught.

▷antonyms raise.

□ dash something off

I dashed off a note to Dave:

scribble, write hurriedly, write untidily, write illegibly, scratch, scrawl, doodle, jot (down).

noun

1 they made a dash for the door:

rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, leap, charge, plunge, dive, bound, break, scamper, scramble;

stampede.

2 the soup needs a dash of salt:

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, coloring;

informal smidgen, tad.

▷antonyms lashings.

3 he led the raids with such skill and dash:

verve, style, stylishness, flamboyance, gusto, zest, confidence, self-assurance, elan, flair, flourish, vigor, 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.

▷antonyms ineptitude; apathy.