Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)dash, elan, flair, panache, styledistinctive and stylish elegance“he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer” (n)dasha footrace run at top speed“he is preparing for the 100-yard dash” (n)hyphen, dasha 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 (n)dash, dahthe longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code (n)dash, boltthe act of moving with great haste“he made a dash for the door” Verbs
(v)smash, dashbreak into pieces, as by striking or knocking over“Smash a plate” (v)crash, dashhurl or thrust violently“He dashed the plate against the wall”,
“Waves were dashing against the rock” (v)dashdestroy or break“dashed ambitions and hopes” (v)dashadd an enlivening or altering element to“blue paint dashed with white”