dash definition

1. distinctive and stylish elegance
• examples: he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
2. a quick run
3. a footrace run at top speed
• examples: he is preparing for the 100-yard dash
4. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
5. the act of moving with great haste
• examples: he made a dash for the door
6. destroy or break
• examples: dashed ambitions and hopes
7. add an enlivening or altering element to
• examples: blue paint dashed with white