dash

• abash
• accelerate
• afflict
• agitate
• ail
• animal spirits
• animation
• ardor
• arrow
• baffle
• balk
• barrel
• bathe
• beans
• beat
• beat it
• beeline
• beetle
• belt
• bespatter
• bilk
• birr
• bit
• blast
• blaze
• blight
• blow
• bludgeon
• boil
• bolt
• bomb
• bother
• bounce
• bound
• bowl
• brawniness
• breeze
• brio
• briskness
• buck
• bundle
• burden
• bustle
• buzz
• cannonball
• canter
• careen
• career
• cast
• catapult
• catch up
• chagrin
• charge
• chase
• chill
• chuck
• circumvent
• cloud
• concern
• confound
• course
• crash
• cudgel
• dabble
• dampen
• dart
• daunt
• deject
• demoralize
• depress
• destroy
• disappoint
• discomfort
• discompose
• discourage
• dishearten
• dismay
• dispirit
• disquiet
• distress
• disturb
• douse
• dowse
• drench
• drive
• drop
• drown
• dynamism
• eject
• energy
• esprit
• exercise
• fast-forward
• fervor
• few drops
• fire
• fitness
• flavor
• fling
• flip
• flit
• flourish
• fly
• foil
• force
• gallop
• gas
• get a move on
• get down
• get on it
• get-up-and-go
• ginger
• go
• grain
• gun
• gusto
• hardihood
• hardiness
• hare
• haste
• hasten
• health
• healthiness
• heave
• hie
• highball
• hint
• hit
• hook
• hump
• hurl
• hurry
• hurtle
• huskiness
• hustle
• impel
• impregnate
• impressiveness
• intensity
• jauntiness
• jet
• jog
• juice
• jump
• lap
• lash
• launch
• leap
• let fly
• lick
• life
• little
• liveliness
• lob
• loft
• lope
• lunge
• main
• make a run for it
• make it snappy
• make tracks
• metal
• mettle
• might
• motor
• moxie
• muscle
• nip
• onset
• oomph
• oppress
• outpace
• outrun
• outstrip
• overtake
• panache
• part
• pass
• passion
• patter
• peg
• pelt
• pep
• perturb
• pinch
• pitch
• plash
• plunge
• potency
• power
• precipitate
• project
• propel
• puissance
• punch
• quicken
• race
• ram
• rifle
• rip
• rocket
• roll
• ruin
• run
• rush
• rush at
• rustle
• sadden
• sap
• saturate
• scamper
• scattering
• scoot
• scud
• scuffle
• scurry
• scuttle
• seasoning
• shag
• shake a leg
• shatter
• shiver
• shoot
• skip
• slam
• sling
• slop
• slosh
• slush
• smack
• smash
• smidgen
• snap
• snappiness
• soak
• sop
• sortie
• soundness
• souse
• spatter
• speed
• spirit
• spiritedness
• splash
• splatter
• splinter
• spoil
• spray
• sprightliness
• spring
• sprinkle
• sprinkling
• sprint
• spritz
• spunk
• spunkiness
• spurt
• squirt
• stamina
• stampede
• starch
• steep
• step
• step on it
• step out
• streak
• strength
• sturdiness
• suspicion
• swash
• taste
• tear
• throw
• thrust
• thwart
• tincture
• tinge
• torment
• torture
• toss
• touch
• trace
• travel
• trifle
• trip
• trot
• trouble
• undo
• unhinge
• unnerve
• unsettle
• upset
• vehemence
• verdure
• verve
• vibrance
• vibrancy
• vigor
• vim
• vinegar
• virility
• vitality
• vivaciousness
• vivacity
• wash
• water
• weigh down
• wellness
• whirl
• whisk
• whiz
• whizz
• worry
• zeal
• zest
• zing
• zip
• zoom

• abet
• aid
• allow
• amble
• animate
• apathy
• assist
• assure
• boost
• brighten
• buoy
• clear up
• comfort
• console
• crawl
• creep
• dally
• dawdle
• debilitation
• debility
• decelerate
• delicacy
• delight
• dillydally
• disablement
• drab
• drag
• dullness
• elate
• elevate
• encourage
• enervation
• enfeeblement
• enlighten
• enliven
• excite
• exhaustion
• exhilarate
• explain
• faintness
• feebleness
• fix
• frailness
• frailty
• frumpiness
• gladden
• glob
• gratify
• grow
• hearten
• help
• hobble
• idleness
• impotence
• impotency
• inability
• inactivity
• inanition
• incompetence
• indolence
• infirmity
• information
• inspire
• inspirit
• invigorate
• lag
• laziness
• lethargy
• lift
• lighten
• limp
• linger
• listlessness
• loiter
• lose
• lot
• lumber
• lump
• make happy
• mend
• permit
• please
• plod
• poke
• powerlessness
• prostration
• puniness
• reassure
• rejoice
• relieve
• retreat
• saunter
• shamble
• shuffle
• slightness
• slow
• slowness
• sluggishness
• softness
• solace
• soothe
• stay
• stimulate
• stroll
• tarry
• tenderness
• torpidity
• trudge
• uplift
• wait
• walk
• weakness

• noun
  1. Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
  2. (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
  3. A short run, flight.
  4. A rushing or violent onset.
  5. Violent strike; a whack.
  6. A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
  7. (by extension) A slight admixture.
  8. Ostentatious vigor.
  9. A dashboard.
  10. (Liberia) A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
  11. A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.).
• verb
  1. To run quickly or for a short distance.
  2. To leave or depart.
  3. To destroy by striking (against).
  4. To throw violently.
  5. (sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
  6. To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
  7. (of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
  8. To dishearten; to sadden.
  9. To complete hastily, usually with down or off.
  10. To draw quickly; jot.
• interjection
  1. Damn!.

• The chef added a dash of salt to enhance the flavor of the dish.
• In a dash for the finish line, the sprinter outpaced the competition.
• She added a dash of excitement to the party with her lively dance moves.
• The raindrops created a lively dash of patterns on the windowpane.
• With a quick dash, he caught the bus just before it pulled away.

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