dash
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Synonyms & Antonyms for dash
Synonyms: Verb
gallop, jog, run, scamper, sprint, trip, trot
Synonyms: Noun
beans, bounce, brio, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, hardihood, juice, life, moxie, oomph, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip
Antonyms: Noun
lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity
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Examples of dash in a Sentence
Verb
I'm sorry, but I must dash. I'm late. She dashed down the hallway to the bathroom. People were dashing inside to get out of the rain. The waves dashed the boat against the rocks. Her hopes of winning a medal were dashed after she broke her leg.Noun
We made a dash for the exit. the cavalry officer's dash and enthusiasm inspired his men to follow him into battle
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
To wit: a carnival, classic film fest, auto show, dunk tank, farmer’s market, 5K run and kids dash, and even a Sunday pancake breakfast (whew!). — Web Behrens, chicagotribune.com, "15 things to do with the kids Aug. 19-25," 18 Aug. 2019 He and his colleagues dashed into Dragon Herbs, a tea shop, and were briefly on lockdown. — Los Angeles Times, "Man in custody after guard shoots at knife-wielding suspect at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica," 16 Aug. 2019 The first use of smiley faces, often composed of a colon, dash and close parenthesis, now called emoticons, was in the 1960s. — Sophia Kunthara, SFChronicle.com, "Who needs words when you have emoji?," 6 Aug. 2019 Justin Gatlin has been around forever, winning the 100m dash all the way back in 2004 in Athens, and is also well-known for serving a four-year doping ban from 2006-2010. — SI.com, "One Year Out: What to Watch Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics," 24 July 2019 But plain people don’t amass 15,269 yards in 10 NFL seasons, averaging five yards a carry, while juking, dashing and all but breaking defenders’ ankles along the way. — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, "Mitch Albom: Barry Sanders retirement a bombshell we should have saw coming," 21 July 2019 The runs Margot scored after two of his walks Saturday gave the Padres leads, including his dashing home and executing an excellent slide to put the Padres up 4-3 when the Braves tried to get Fernando Tatis Jr. in a rundown in the seventh inning. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Manuel Margot finally tightening zone, flying on bases for Padres," 14 July 2019 All those sequels, prequels, remakes, and reboots sure make for a lot of colons, commas, dashes, and exclamation points! — Dan Kopf, Quartzy, "American movie titles: Now, with more punctuation!," 29 June 2019 As shots echoed off the tall buildings, an armed officer dashed past The Dallas Morning News photographer. — Washington Post, "Photographer recounts facing Dallas gunman," 18 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Police received dash-cam video from a community member. — Mike Cruz, azcentral, "Video shows Toyota pickup striking a motorcyclist. Phoenix police seek driver," 2