transitive. To write (a story, poem, etc.) quickly or carelessly, producing text usually regarded as worthless or poorly composed.

transitive. To jumble or patch up (a composition). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To construct or put together hastily or roughly; to combine or compile without much care or polish.

To put down on paper, throw off, write, or sketch, with hasty and unpremeditated vigour.

colloquial. To make a display, ‘cut a dash’; dash off, out, to burst off, come out, with a dash.

transitive. To write or recite rapidly or fluently; to dash or rattle off.

To produce (a picture, literary composition, etc.) quickly or impromptu; also to delineate exactly, ‘hit off’.

transitive. To compose (a written text, as a letter, a poem, etc.) with speed, haste, or great facility. Now rare.