dash

nouns

distinctive and stylish elegance
"he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
dash, elan, flair, panache, style
a quick run
dash, sprint
a footrace run at top speed
"he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
dash
is a type of (narrower)
a footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor)
track event
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
dash, hyphen
the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
dah, dash
the act of moving with great haste
"he made a dash for the door"
bolt, dash

verbs

run or move very quickly or hastily
"She dashed into the yard"
dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot
break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
"Smash a plate"
dash, smash
hurl or thrust violently
"He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
crash, dash
destroy or break
"dashed ambitions and hopes"
dash
is a type of (narrower)
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart
cause to lose courage
"dashed by the refusal"
dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off
add an enlivening or altering element to
"blue paint dashed with white"
dash
is a type of (narrower)
add as an additional element or part
"mix water into the drink"
mix, mix in