dash
verb
[ daʃ ]
• run or travel somewhere in a great hurry.
• "I dashed into the garden"
Similar:
rush,
race,
run,
sprint,
bolt,
dart,
gallop,
career,
charge,
shoot,
hurtle,
hare,
bound,
fly,
speed,
streak,
zoom,
plunge,
dive,
whisk,
scurry,
scuttle,
scamper,
scramble,
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,
bomb,
go like the clappers,
bucket,
put one's foot down,
leg it,
wheech,
boogie,
hightail it,
clip,
barrel,
get the lead out,
cut along,
fleet,
post,
hie,
haste,
drag/tear/haul ass,
• strike or fling (something) somewhere with great force, especially so as to have a destructive effect; hurl.
• "the ship was dashed upon the rocks"
Similar:
hurl,
smash,
crash,
slam,
throw,
toss,
fling,
pitch,
cast,
lob,
launch,
flip,
catapult,
shy,
aim,
direct,
project,
propel,
send,
bowl,
chuck,
heave,
sling,
buzz,
whang,
bung,
yeet,
peg,
hoy,
bish,
dash
exclamation
• used to express mild annoyance.
• "dash it all, I am in charge"
dash
noun
• an act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily.
• "she made a dash for the door"
• a small quantity of a liquid added to something else.
• "whisky with a dash of soda"
• a horizontal stroke in writing or printing to mark a pause or break in sense or to represent omitted letters or words.
• impetuous or flamboyant vigour and confidence; panache.
• "he has youthful energy, dash, and charisma"
Similar:
verve,
style,
stylishness,
flamboyance,
gusto,
zest,
confidence,
self-assurance,
elan,
flair,
flourish,
vigour,
vivacity,
vivaciousness,
sparkle,
brio,
panache,
éclat,
exuberance,
ebullience,
enthusiasm,
eagerness,
vitality,
dynamism,
animation,
liveliness,
spirit,
energy,
pizzazz,
pep,
oomph,
vim,
zing,
get-up-and-go,
• short for dashboard.
• "an indicator on the dash tells you what gear you are in"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘strike forcibly against’): probably symbolic of forceful movement and related to Swedish and Danish daska .
