Dash

  • 21dash — c.1300, probably from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Swed. daska, Dan. daske to beat, strike ), somehow imitative. The oldest sense is that in dash to pieces and dashed hopes. Intrans. meaning move quickly appeared c.1300, that of to write hurriedly… …

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  • 22dash — vb Tush, tear, shoot, charge Analogous words: dart, *fly, scud dash n 1 *vigor, vim, spirit, esprit, verve, punch, élan, drive Analogous words: force, energy, might, *power: vehemence, intensity (see corresponding adjectives at …

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  • 23Dash|a|ha|ra — «DASH uh huh RAH», noun. (in India) an annual festival in commemoration of a form of the goddess Devi. ╂[< Hindi dasahrā < Sanskrit dasaharā (literally) one that removes ten sins] …

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  • 24dash|er — «DASH uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that dashes. 2. a device for stirring the cream in a churn or ice cream freezer. 3. = dashboard (def. 2). (Cf. ↑dashboard) 4. Informal. a dashing person …

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  • 25dash! — dash (it)! | dash it all! idiom (old fashioned, BrE) used to show that you are annoyed about sth Main entry: ↑dashidiom …

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  • 26dash it! — dash (it)! | dash it all! idiom (old fashioned, BrE) used to show that you are annoyed about sth Main entry: ↑dashidiom …

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  • 27Dash — (spr. dasch oder daß), eigentlich Gabrielle Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, Vicomtesse de Saint Mars, gewöhnlich Gräfin von D. genannt. franz. Romanschriftstellerin, geb. 2. Aug. 1804 in Poitiers als Tochter einer angesehenen und reichen adligen… …

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  • 28dash — index beat (defeat), dispatch (promptness), foil, haste, hasten, iota, minimum, race …

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  • 29Dash — Not to be confused with Hyphen or Minus sign. This article is about the punctuation mark. For other uses, see Dash (disambiguation). For guidelines on dash usage in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Dashes …

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  • 30Dash-8 — Die Bombardier Q Series, früher de Havilland Canada DHC 8 oder Dash 8 genannt, ist eine zweimotorige Turboprop Regionalflugzeug Familie. Sie wurde Anfang der 1980er Jahre vom Flugzeughersteller de Havilland Canada entwickelt. Heute wird die Dash… …

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