dashed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb run or move very quickly or hastily
    shoot; flash; dart; dash; scud; scoot.
    • She dashed into the yard
  2. verb break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
    dash; smash.
    • Smash a plate
  3. verb hurl or thrust violently
    dash; crash.
    • He dashed the plate against the wall
    • Waves were dashing against the rock
  4. verb destroy or break
    dash.
    • dashed ambitions and hopes
  5. verb cause to lose courage
    scare away; scare off; frighten off; dash; pall; daunt; scare; frighten away.
    • dashed by the refusal
  6. verb add an enlivening or altering element to
    dash.
    • blue paint dashed with white
  7. adjective satellite having gaps or spaces
    dotted.
    • sign on the dotted line

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