dash - English dictionary definition

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Dash To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
Dash To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
Dash To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
Dash To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
Dash To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.
Dash To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.
Dash To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
Dash Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
Dash A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.
Dash A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.

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