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DASH

Definition:

[noun] distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
Synonyms: elan, flair, panache, style
[noun] a quick run
Synonyms: sprint
[noun] a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
[noun] 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
[noun] the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
Synonyms: dah
[noun] the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
Synonyms: bolt
[verb] run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
Synonyms: dart, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
[verb] break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
Synonyms: smash
[verb] hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
Synonyms: crash
[verb] destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
[verb] cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
Synonyms: daunt, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
[verb] add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"