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dashed

[ ˈdasht]

dashed

adjective

Definition of dashed

: made up of a series of dashes
//a lane marked off by dashed lines

Recent Examples on the Web

//The map should have indicated the area, annexed by Russia in 2014, with a dashed border line.
— New York Times, "Corrections: November 8, 2019," 7 Nov. 2019
//The pain of dashed expectations is worth something.
— Charlotte Wilder, SI.com, "The NFL Is Reminding Us Why Expectations Are a Bad Idea," 20 Sep. 2019
//Gauzy American landscapes — a red-rock desert, a rainbowed glade — are threaded with a dashed red line that tracks the snails’ progress.
— Julia Turner, New York Times, "A New Technology Age: When the Technology Is Books, and the Age Is 3 to 7," 18 May 2018
//Your hassle is some reputation exposure, some administrative expense, and some dashed investor expectation as to liquidity, but none of those are catastrophic.
— Polina Marinova, Fortune, "Term Sheet -- Friday, May 18," 18 May 2018
//For six-time Grammy nominee PJ Morton, on the other hand, early Grammy memories are rooted in dashed dreams -- watching his friend, R&B artist India.
— Tatiana Cirisano, Billboard, "SZA, Dua Lipa & More Rock Pre-Grammys 2018 Shows at Mastercard House: Here's What You Missed," 29 Jan. 2018
//The complete shutout was not only a surprise, but a dashed opportunity for Golden Globes history: Nanjiani could have been the first Pakistani star to win an acting statuette at the awards ceremony.
— Yohana Desta, HWD, "Why Were Tiffany Haddish and Girls Trip Shut Out of the Golden Globes?," 11 Dec. 2017

First Known Use of dashed

circa 1889, in the meaning defined above

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past tense of dash

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1 to go at a pace faster than a walk

one sprinter dashed to the finish line in record-breaking time

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galloped,
jogged,
ran
(also chiefly dialectal run),
scampered,
sprinted,
tripped,
trotted

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2 to proceed or move quickly

we dashed about in a panic, trying to get everything organized before the guests were scheduled to arrive

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3 to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up

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let fly

4 to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy

our clothes were dashed with the mud of passing cars

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5 to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets

a sudden jolt dashed the hot coffee onto the driver's lap

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squirted

6 to make sad

she's always dashed by the failure of her matchmaking efforts

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dashed

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of dashed

: made up of a set of dashes (sense 1)