Definition of dashes

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• dashes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• dashes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• dashes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of dashes

• the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. dah
• the act of moving with great haste (noun)

  Examples

  1. he made a dash for the door

  Synonyms

  1. bolt
• run or move very quickly or hastily (verb)

  Examples

  1. She dashed into the yard

  Synonyms

  1. dart
  2. flash
  3. scoot
  4. scud
  5. shoot
• distinctive and stylish elegance (noun)

  Examples

  1. he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer

  Synonyms

  1. elan
  2. flair
  3. panache
  4. style
• 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 (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. hyphen
• break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. smash
• hurl or thrust violently (verb)

  Examples

  1. He dashed the plate against the wall
  2. Waves were dashing against the rock

  Synonyms

  1. crash
• cause to lose courage (verb)

  Examples

  1. dashed by the refusal

  Synonyms

  1. daunt
  2. frighten away
  3. frighten off
  4. pall
  5. scare
  6. scare away
  7. scare off
• a quick run (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. sprint
• add an enlivening or altering element to (verb)

  Examples

  1. blue paint dashed with white
• a footrace run at top speed (noun)

  Examples

  1. he is preparing for the 100-yard dash
• destroy or break (verb)

  Examples

  1. dashed ambitions and hopes

See definition of dashes in Merriam Webster