dash

dash [n1] fast race for short distance birr, bolt, dart, haste, onset, run, rush, sortie, sprint, spurt, zip; concept 150 dash [n2] flair, style animation, birr, brio, éclat, élan, energy, esprit, flourish, force, impressiveness, intensity, life, might, oomph*, panache, power, spirit, strength, vehemence, verve, vigor, vim, vivacity, zing, zip; concepts 411,655,673 —Ant. drab, dullness, frumpiness dash [n3] small amount; suggestion bit, drop, few drops, flavor, grain, hint, lick, little, part, pinch, scattering, seasoning, smack, smidgen, soupçon, sprinkle, sprinkling, squirt, streak, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, trifle, zest; concept 831 —Ant. glob, lump dash [v1] run very fast for short distance boil, bolt, bound, career, charge, chase, course, dart, fly, gallop, get on it*, haste, hasten, hurry, lash, make a run for it*, make it snappy*, race, rush, rush at, scamper, scoot, scurry, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, tear; concept 150 dash [v2] break by hitting or throwing violently beat, bludgeon, cast, charge, crash, cudgel, destroy, fling, hit, hurl, hurtle, lunge, plunge, shatter, shiver, slam, sling, smash, splash, splatter, splinter, throw; concepts 189,222,248 —Ant. aid, assist, encourage, help, inspirit dash [v3] discourage, frustrate abash, baffle, balk, beat, bilk, blast, blight, chagrin, chill, circumvent, cloud, confound, dampen, disappoint, discomfort, dismay, dispirit, foil, nip, ruin, spoil, thwart; concepts 7,19,121