Definizione monolingua

dash

dash (third-person singular simple present dashes, present participle dashing, simple past and past participle dashed)

1. (intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.

   He dashed across the field.

2. (intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.

   I have to dash now. See you soon.

3. (transitive) To destroy by striking (against).

   He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.

   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     ""`Silence! If you make a sound I shall take him and dash his brains out before your very eyes.

   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4

     Kala was the youngest mate of a male called Tublat, meaning broken nose, and the child she had seen dashed to death was her first; for she was but nine or ten years old.

4. (transitive) To throw violently.

   The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.

5. (transitive) To sprinkle; to splatter.
6. (transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.

   Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.

   • 2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, BBC:

     Arsenals hopes of starting their Champions League campaign with an away win were dashed when substitute Ivan Perisics superb late volley rescued a point for Borussia Dortmund.

7. (transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.

   Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.

8. (transitive) To complete hastily, usually with down or off.

   He dashed down his eggs, she dashed off her homework

9. To draw quickly; jot
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacobs Room Chapter 1

     ""Scarborough,"" Mrs. Flanders wrote on the envelope, and dashed a bold line beneath; it was her native town; the hub of the universe.

dash (plural dashes)

1. (typography) Any of the following symbols: ? (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ? (horizontal bar).

   sometimes dash is also used colloquially to refer to a hyphen or minus sign.

2. A short run.
3. A small quantity of a liquid substance; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

   Add a dash of vinegar

4. A dashboard.
   • 1955, Rex Stout, ""The Next Witness"", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 31:

     The dash clock said 2:38 when […] I turned off a dirt road […] .

5. One of the two symbols of Morse code.

Definizione dizionario dash

balzo

buttare

colpo

copione

correre

cozzare

distruggere

fracassare

fretta

gettare

goccia

infrangere

lanciare

lineetta

lineetta di sospensione

precipitare

precipitarsi

rompere

sbatacchiare

sbattere

scagliare

scaraventare

scatto

schiaffare

slancio

spezzare

spruzzare

trattino

tratto

urgenza

urto

Altri significati:

(of waves) dash

A short run.

A small quantity of a liquid substance; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

(transitive) To throw violently.

typographic symbol

(transitive) To destroy by striking (against).

damn

to dishearten

short run

A dashboard.

(euphemism) Damn!

(transitive) To ruin; to destroy.

a dash of (something)

Morse code symbol

A short horizontal line used as a punctuation mark.

to ruin

to complete hastily

One of the two symbols of Morse code.

(intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.

(intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.

(typography) Any of the following symbols: ? ( '''figure dash''' ), – ( '''en dash''' ), — ( '''em dash''' ), or ? ( '''horizontal bar''' ).

to run short distance

(transitive) To sprinkle; to splatter.

to leave

(transitive) To complete hastily, usually with '''down''' or '''off''' .

small quantity of liquid

run (race, esp. horse)

to destroy

To draw quickly; jot

to throw violently

(transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.