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RELATED WORDS

concoct, devise, ad-lib, contrive, invent, brainstorm, manufacture, compose, prepare, form, produce, cause, generate, write, copy, transcribe, rewrite, create, scrawl, sign

Nearby words

  1. darío, rubén,
  2. das,
  3. das kapital,
  4. dasd,
  5. dasehra,
  6. dash light,
  7. dash off,
  8. dash someone's hopes,
  9. dashboard,
  10. dashcam

Idioms

    cut a dash, to make a striking impression; be ostentatious or showy.

Origin of dash

1
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English dasshen, perhaps < Old Norse; compare Danish daske slap, flap, Swedish daska; (noun) Middle English: blow, clash, derivative of the v.
SYNONYMS FOR dash
10 dart, bolt. See rush1.
11 pinch, bit; touch.
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British Dictionary definitions for dash off (1 of 3)

dash

1
/ (dæʃ) /

verb (mainly tr)

noun

Word Origin for dash

Middle English dasche, dasse

British Dictionary definitions for dash off (2 of 3)

dash

2
/ (dæʃ) /

interjection

informal a euphemistic word for damn (def. 1), damn (def. 2)

British Dictionary definitions for dash off (3 of 3)

dash

3
/ (dæʃ) Western African /

noun

a gift, commission, tip, or bribe

verb

to give (a dash) to someone

Word Origin for dash

C16: perhaps from Fanti
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Culture definitions for dash off

dash

A punctuation mark (—) used to indicate a sudden break in thought, to set off parenthetical material, or to take the place of such expressions as that is and namely: “He's running for reelection — if he lives until then”; “Very few people in this class — three, to be exact — have completed their projects”; “She joined the chorus for only one reason — she loves to sing.” In the last example, where the parenthetical material comes at the end of the sentence rather than in the middle, a colon could be used instead of the dash.

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Idioms and Phrases with dash off

dash off

1

Write or sketch hastily, as in I'm just going to dash off a letter. [Early 1700s]

2

Hurry away, depart hastily, as in He dashed off as though he was being chased. This usage employs the verb dash in the sense of “impetuously run” or “rush,” a usage dating from about 1300.

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