Phrase Hound found 41 phrases and 57 compound words that contain dash. The most common are listed below. Open dash in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 41
- en dashThe punctuation mark β, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range.
- em dashThe symbol (β) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis); a one-em or long dash.
- dine and dashTo commit the crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.
- cutting a dashpresent participle and gerund of cut a dash
- cut a dashTo make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression.
- quotation dashA dash used to introduce a line of dialogue.
- oblique dashSynonym of slash β¨/β©.
- nine-dash lineA set of line segments on various maps that have accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China to various contested areas in the South China Sea.
- doing the dashpresent participle and gerund of do the dash
- done the dashpast participle of do the dash: To hurriedly part with oneβs current location, to escape, to flee the scene.
- dash camAlternative form of dashcam: A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in, to provide β¦
- wave dashThe character, γ, that serves as a punctuation mark in Japanese.
- pebble dashA coating of small pebbles sprayed onto soft plaster or cement, used as decoration on exterior walls.
- swung dashThe symbol ~, resembling a tilde or curvy hyphen, used to indicate the repetition of a previous item.
- smash and dashTo have sex and leave immediately afterwards.
- figure dashThe punctuation mark β¨ββ© (used when a dash must be used in numbers).
- m dashAlternative form of em dash: The symbol (β) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis); a one-em or long dash.
- n dashAlternative form of en dash: The punctuation mark β, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range.
- nut dashSynonym of en dash: The punctuation mark β, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range.
- dash offTo leave a place quickly or briefly.
- gas and dashTo commit the act of driving away from a gasoline station without paying after filling one's gas tank.
- mutton dashSynonym of em dash: The symbol (β) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis); a one-em or long dash.
- dash-dottedMade up of a series of alternating dashes and dots.
- dash camsplural of dash cam: A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in, to provide evidence β¦
- dash caseSynonym of kebab case: The practice of writing identifiers using hyphens to separate words.
Compound words 57
- dashboardAn upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.
- slapdashProduced or carried out hastily; haphazard; careless.
- splatterdashAn uproar.
- dashpotA mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.
- spatterdashA cement-based slurry applied to a wall in order to improve adhesion of the render.
- airdashTo travel hastily by aircraft; to fly.
- dashlightA light illuminating the dashboard of an automobile.
- overdashA dash (symbol) placed above something.
- backdashA backwards dashing movement.
- bedashTo dash against.