What is the meaning of dash?

noun

• Distinctive and stylish elegance.
  • usage: "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
  • synonyms: elan, flair, panache, style
• A quick run.
  • synonyms: sprint
• A footrace run at top speed.
  • usage: "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.
  • synonyms: hyphen
• The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
  • synonyms: dah
• The act of moving with great haste.
  • usage: "he made a dash for the door"
  • synonyms: bolt

verb

• Run or move very quickly or hastily.
  • usage: "She dashed into the yard"
  • synonyms: dart, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
• Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over.
  • usage: "Smash a plate"
  • synonyms: smash
• Hurl or thrust violently.
  • usage: "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
  • synonyms: crash
• Destroy or break.
  • usage: "dashed ambitions and hopes"
• Cause to lose courage.
  • usage: "dashed by the refusal"
  • synonyms: daunt, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
• Add an enlivening or altering element to.
  • usage: "blue paint dashed with white"