Definitions For Dash

noun

  • A quick run
  • The act of moving with great haste
  • Distinctive and stylish elegance
  • The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
  • 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
  • A footrace run at top speed
  • A punctuation mark — that is used especially to show a break in thought or in the structure of a sentence (as in “We don't know where—or how—the problem began.”)
  • A small amount of something that is added to something else
  • The act of running or moving quickly or suddenly in a particular direction or to a particular place

verb

  • Add an enlivening or altering element to
  • Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
  • Hurl or thrust violently
  • Cause to lose courage
  • Run or move very quickly or hastily
  • Destroy or break
  • To run or move quickly or suddenly
  • To hit something in a violent and forceful way
  • To break or destroy (something) by throwing or hitting it against something

Is Dashes a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
9

The word Dash is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Dash in a Sentence

  • I'm sorry, but I must dash. I'm late.
  • She dashed down the hallway to the bathroom.
  • People were dashing inside to get out of the rain.
  • We made a dash for the exit.
  • The cavalry officer's dash and enthusiasm inspired his men to follow him into battle

Synonyms for Dash

Antonyms for Dashes

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