n.

1. distinctive and stylish elegance;
   elan, flair, panache, style
   
   • he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
2. a quick run;
   sprint
3. a footrace run at top speed
   
   • he is preparing for the 100-yard dash
4. 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;
   hyphen
5. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code;
   dah
6. the act of moving with great haste;
   bolt
   
   • he made a dash for the door

v.

1. run or move very quickly or hastily;
   dart, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
   
   • She dashed into the yard
2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over;
   smash
   
   • Smash a plate
3. hurl or thrust violently;
   crash
   
   • He dashed the plate against the wall
   • Waves were dashing against the rock
4. destroy or break
   
   • dashed ambitions and hopes
5. cause to lose courage;
   daunt, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
   
   • dashed by the refusal
6. add an enlivening or altering element to
   
   • blue paint dashed with white