179. Dash - Informal Vocabulary - A host of meaning in Dash

Dash : 황급히 달려감, 내동댕이 치다, 때리다, 돌진, 질주, 소량, 약간,  대시기호, 늠름한 태도, 감탄사, (일을)빨리 처리하다, 망치다, 파괴하다, (물)끼얹다, 대시보드

Dashing : 멋진, 늠름한

 

 

1)

To go somewhere quickly

I mush dash, I mush leave, I mush go

I can't chat I must dash - in conversation commonly used

Formality : 4.5

 

 

2) 

To hit something with force

He dashed the bottle against the wall

The waves dashed against the shore 

I dashed my elbow against a piece of furniture

Formality : 5

 

 

3) 

As a dash, the hundred yard dash

This is the hundred meter sprinting

You are dashing

I made a dash for the bathroom because I had to go to toilet

a mad dash 

Formality : 4

 

 

4)

a sign, minus, hyphen

This is the dash, ' - '

dots and dashes in morse code

Formality : 5

 

 

5) 

a small amount of something

a little bit of something

a dash of salt

a dash of chili powder

a dash of soda in whisky

Formality : 4

 

 

6) 

With style and confidence

He dealt with this problem with great dash

The dash of his speech was really impressive

full of dash, full of energy

Formality : 4

 

 

7)

Dashing

Dashing means handsome

Formality : 4

 

 

8)

Dash as an exclamation

Oh dash it, that's terrible

Formality : 4

 

 

9)

Dash short for dashboard, a shortening of the word

Formality : 4

 

 

10) 

To sprinkle or splatter

I dashed water on my face

I threw water on my face

Formality : 4.5

 

 

11)

To ruin or destroy

The ambition to become a doctor was dashed when he failed his exams

Formality : 5

 

 

12) 

To complete a task hastily 

He dashed off the notes, he did them rapidly

He dashed down his food, he dashed down it in three minutes

If you dash off the homework, you are going to make some mistakes

Formality : 4

 

 

 

 

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