Clues for the word "DASH"
We've had 297 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 581 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on December 07, 2025.
Definition of dash
- v. t. - To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
- v. t. - To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
- v. t. - To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.
- v. t. - To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.
- v. t. - To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.
- v. t. - To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.
- v. i. - To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
- n. - Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
- n. - A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.
- n. - A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.
- n. - A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.
- n. - Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
- n. - A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.
- n. - A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis.
- n. - The sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner.
- n. - The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.
- n. - A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
Referring Clues
- Elan
- Soupcon
- A little salt
- Track event
- Short race
- 100-meter, e.g.
- It may be mad
- Short run
- Salt amount
- Short sprint
- Ruin, as hopes
- Pizazz
- 100-meter race, e.g.
- Sprinter's event
- Sprint
- Certain race
- Run ... or ruin
- Word repeated in "Now ___ away! ___ away! ___ away ...!"
- ___ off (write quickly)
- Telegraphy signal
- Track meet event
- Code unit
- Place for a gauge, informally
- Bit of salt
- Vivacity
- Morse morsel
- Recipe guesstimate
- Sprinted race
- Recipe quantity, maybe
- Break into pieces
- Strike with violence
- Recipe sprinkling
- A little bit of salt
- Swashbuckling quality
- Speedster in "The Incredibles"
- Morse Code T
- Sprinter's race
- Tach's locale
- Hyphen's cousin
- Superfast son in "The Incredibles"
- Small amount
- Morse code component
- Recipe bit
- Sprinkling
- Event that's over in seconds
- Fast race
- Quick run
- Scurry
- Recipe pinch
- Sentence punctuator
- Odometer site
- Track sprint
- Pause cause
- 100-yard race
- Chef's smidgen
- Short footrace
- Move rapidly
- Pinch
- Run quickly
- Recipe amount
- Extinguish
- Morse T
- Hyphen cousin
- "The Incredibles" son
- Wee amount
- Cook's smidgen
- Hyphen's bigger relative
- Smidgen of salt
- Amount of salt in some recipes
- Recipe quantity, perhaps
- Just a pinch
- Break into bits
- Break in a sentence
- T, in code
- Tach's location
- Panache
- One-hundred-meter sprint
- Unspecific recipe amount
- It's a smidgen in the kitchen
- Recipe measure
- A pinch in the kitchen
- Tiny taste to chef
- Move quickly
- -
- Run or ruin
- Pinch cousin
- Run
or ruin
- Hurl violently
- --
- Race
- Bit of allspice
- Inexact recipe amount
- Inexact recipe amount
- Bit of Morse code
- Make a run for it
- Short fast race
- Small amount of salt
- Smidgen in the kitchen
- Morse 'T'
- T, in Morse code
- Hyphen's kin
- Zest
- Morse's T
- 'T,' in Morse code
- Morse code symbol
- Morse symbol
- T, to Morse
- Bravura
- 100-yard competition
- Morse bit
- Teensy bit, to a chef
- Verve
- See 93-Across
- Bit of pepper
- Horizontal punctuator
- Bit, as of salt
- 100-yard ___
- Imprecise recipe amount
- Salt sprinkle
- 100-yard race, e.g.
- 100-meter race
- Race of 100 meters
- Spice blend titan Mrs. ___
- Morse code piece
- Gauge site, for short
- Little bit
- Tach site
- Destroy, as hopes
- Imprecise cooking measure
- Hyphen's relative
- Usain Bolt event
- Go quickly
- 100-yard contest
- Run for home, maybe
- Small recipe measure
- Run
- Mad rush
- Salt measure
- Race off
- He plays "Ray Donovan's" brother Bunchy: ___ Mihok
- "The Incredibles" speedster
- Panel with gauges
- Smidge, as of salt
- Go like mad
- Hyphen-like punctuation
- Recipe smidgen
- Smidgen of spice
- Pinch, as of seasoning
- Recipe estimate
- Punctuation mark
- Pinch of seasoning
- Smidgen of 45 Across
- Meet component
- Cookbook amount
- One of a Social Security card pair
- Confound
- Pinch from a chef
- 100-meter event
- Pizzazz
- Chef's pinch
- Hurry through
- Pinch relative, in cookbooks
- Pinch in the kitchen
- Recipe approximation
- Dart
- Rush
- Smash violently
- Hundred-yard ___
- Fifty-yard ___ (race)
- Fifty-yard ___
- Fifty-yard ___ (race event)
- 50-yard ___
- Hyphen
- Morse code bit
- "Board" in a car?
- Brio
- 100-yard event
- Be in a hurry to use a punctuation mark
- Run -
- 40-yard race
- Hurry
- Marathon's counterpart
- Be in a foot race
- 40-yard ___ (race)
- ___
- Run to stage
- Roc-A-Fella exec Damon
- Roc-A-Fella co-founder Damon
- Confound - verve
- Style in T-shirt and Y-fronts, perhaps?
- Bolt had worried about start of sprint
- Hyphen - sprint
- Bound to disappoint
- Hurry to get on board
- Short American event in Florida show
- Run quickly - little taste - hyphen
- A little line in haberdashery
- Run a line?
- Hyphen - bother!
- Verve shown in part of 20
- The T in telegraphy?
- Rush - élan
- Line from a book?
- Run carelessly after slap
- T, at times
- Shatter - run
- Crush ostentation - damn!
- Bother! Make a run for it!
- A mild imprecation - here's an example
- Break an oath
- Signal for Morse to make a quick move
- Be nippy? Not a lot!
- Tear drop
- Speed with style
- 100-meter race, say
- Instrument panel
- Bolt a la Bolt
- Hyphen kin
- A touch of style
- Hurry between barrels?
- Style symbolic of Morse?
- Style of punctuation
- Little fly
- Splash of colour in opening in dense wood
- Hurry with bit of Morse code
- Frustrate lawyer with silence
- Bribe on board
- Heroines - pursued without energy
- Car's board to break - a bit
- Henry's climbing down over style
- Fast footrace
- Mrs. on a spice rack
- 100-yard races
- Morse code signal
- – or - symbol
- Hundred-yard ___ (quick race)
- Quick footrace
- Word after em or en
- T in telegraphy
- Meet event
- Hurry to find note on tree
- Touch and run
- Pinch in a recipe
- Vague recipe amount
- Jet (off)
- Smidgen
- 50-yard footrace
- Apt rhyme for "panache"
- Great vitality
- Flamboyance
- Unhappy about having lead in sprint
- Inexact recipe quantity
- Inexact salt quantity
- Car cam spot
- Hurry off
- Superspeed boy in "The Incredibles"
- Imprecise salt measure
- Bit of Morse
- 200-meter event
- Just a quick line
- Small amount of pepper
- Compete in a race with style
- Recipe smidge
- Dot's counterpart in Morse code
- Tiny amount
- Run fast
- Race event
- *Dried spices brand
- Destroy, as one's hopes
- Small but distinctive amount
- Hyphenlike punctuation
- Bit of ginger powder
- Tiny amount in a recipe
- Small amount of MSG
- 40-yard event
- Horizontal punctuation mark
- Sprinkle, as of salt
- Small amount in a recipe
- Rainbow ___ ("My Little Pony" character)
- Hasty exclamation on getting balder?
- Son in "The Incredibles"
- Bolt
- 100-yard run, say
- Run a line?
- Fast-moving son in "The Incredibles"
- Unspecific amount in a recipe
- "Mad" run
- Field day event
- Part of 7-Down's clue
- Quick race
- Middle child in "The Incredibles"
- Skedaddle
- Word following "em" or "en"
- Hot sauce amount
- Tear, thus destroy
- Recipe smidgen, as of salt
- Vague amount
Last Seen In
- Daily American - December 07, 2025
- Daily American - November 21, 2025
- LA Times - November 07, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 23, 2025
- Daily American - October 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 11, 2025
- LA Times - September 22, 2025
- LA Times - September 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 02, 2025
- New York Times - July 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 13, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 04, 2025
- New York Times - July 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 27, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 14, 2025
- Daily American - April 23, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 23, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 23, 2025
- USA Today - March 14, 2025
- Daily American - March 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 24, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 22, 2025
- Daily American - February 01, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 21, 2025
- Daily American - January 09, 2025
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