dash

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(n) distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
(n) a quick run
(n) a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
(n) 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
(n) the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
(n) the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
(v) run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
(v) break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
(v) hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
(v) destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
(v) cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
(v) add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"

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