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      dashes
      noun
      A short run, flight.
      A rushing or violent onset.
      Violent strike; a whack.
      A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
      (typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
      (computing) A hyphen or minus sign.
      (by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
      (Internet, informal) The dashboard of a social media user.
      (Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia) A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
      (UK, India) A prime symbol.
      Ostentatious vigor.
      (figurative, by extension) A slight admixture.
      A topographic surname.
      Ellipsis of dashboard. [(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.]
      Acronym of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.
      (web development, video) Acronym of Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP.
      (dated, euphemistic) A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)
      (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
      verb
      (intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
      (ambitransitive, sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
      (transitive, usually with down or off) To complete hastily.
      (transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.
      (transitive) To destroy by striking (against).
      (transitive) To throw violently.
      (transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
      (transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
      (intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.
      (transitive, dated) To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
      (transitive, dated, euphemistic) Damn (in forming oaths).
      Words related to dashes
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