dash

distinctive and stylish elegance

“he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer”

a quick run

a footrace run at top speed

“he is preparing for the 100-yard dash”

a punctuation mark (‘-’) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

the act of moving with great haste

“he made a dash for the door”

run or move very quickly or hastily

“She dashed into the yard”

break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over

“Smash a plate”

hurl or thrust violently

“He dashed the plate against the wall”

“Waves were dashing against the rock”

destroy or break

“dashed ambitions and hopes”

cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

“dashed by the refusal”

add an enlivening or altering element to

“blue paint dashed with white”