dash

1. verb

1)

he dashed home

Syn:

rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, careen, fly, speed, zoom, scurry, scuttle, scamper; informal tear, belt, scoot, zip, whip, hotfoot it, leg it, bomb, barrel

Ant:

dawdle

2)

he dashed the glass to the ground

Syn:

hurl, smash, crash, slam, throw, toss, fling, pitch, cast, project, propel, send; informal chuck, heave, sling, peg

3)

rain dashed against the walls

Syn:

be hurled, crash, smash; batter, strike, beat, pound, lash

4)

her hopes were dashed

Syn:

shatter, destroy, wreck, ruin, crush, devastate, demolish, blight, overturn, scotch, spoil, frustrate, thwart, check; informal blow a hole in, scuttle

Ant:

raise

2. noun

1)

a dash for the door

Syn:

rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, leap, charge, bound, break; scramble

2)

a dash of salt

Syn:

pinch, touch, sprinkle, taste, spot, drop, dab, speck, smattering, sprinkling, splash, bit, modicum, little; informal smidgen, tad, lick

3)

he led off with such dash

Syn:

verve, style, flamboyance, gusto, zest, confidence, self-assurance, élan, flair, vigor, vivacity, sparkle, brio, panache, éclat, vitality, dynamism; informal pizzazz, pep, oomph