to move with speed or haste

to smash against something

to hurl or strike with great force

to destroy or ruin (a hope or plan)

a punctuation mark (–) used to indicate a break or an omission in the structure of a sentence, or to stand for missing words or letters

in Morse code, a signal, e.g. a flash or audible tone, of relatively long duration: compare dot¹ (5)

in music, a vertical line written above or below a note, showing that it is to be played staccato

a small amount of a substance

a dash of salt

liveliness of style and action; panache

= dashboard