dash

/ˈdash/

Middle English dasshen, probably from Middle French dachier to impel forward

verb

  1. to move with sudden speed

  2. smash

  3. to break by striking or knocking

dashed down the hallway

noun

  1. a punctuation mark — that is used especially to indicate a break in the thought or structure of a sentence

  2. a stroke of a pen

  3. a small usually distinctive addition

idiom

  1. —used in speech to express anger, frustration, etc.