\Dash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dashing}.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat,
strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]
1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike
   violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
         If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of
         the water, it maketh a sound.         --Bacon.
2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to
   crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
         Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
         vessel.                               --Ps. ii. 9.
         A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces. --Shak.
         To perplex and dash Maturest counsels. --Milton.
3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to
   depress. --South.
         Dash the proud games?er in his gilded car. --Pope.
4. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix,
   reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an
   inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter;
   to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to
   dash paint upon a picture.
         I take care to dash the character with such
         particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured
         applications.                         --Addison.
         The very source and fount of day Is dashed with
         wandering isles of night.             --Tennyson.
5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute
   rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash
   off a review or sermon.
6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with
   out; as, to dash out a word.

\Dash\, v. i.
To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike
violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
      [He] dashed through thick and thin.      --Dryden.
      On each hand the gushing waters play, And down the
      rough cascade all dashing fall.          --Thomson.

\Dash\, n.
1. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his
   hopes received a dash.
3. A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial
   overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a
   dash of purple.
         Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly.
                                               --Addison.
4. A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick
   stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at
   the enemy; a dash of rain.
         She takes upon her bravely at first dash. --Shak.
5. Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
6. A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make
   or cut a great dash. [Low]
7. (Punctuation) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing,
   denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a
   sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long
   or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic
   turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead
   of marks or parenthesis. --John Wilson.
8. (Mus.)
   (a) The sign of staccato, a small mark [?] denoting that
       the note over which it is placed is to be performed in
       a short, distinct manner.
   (b) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass,
       as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.
9. (Racing) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a
   race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial
   constitutes the race.