Dash vs. Rush

Dashnoun

(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).

Rushnoun

Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.

Dashnoun

(colloquial) A hyphen or minus sign.

Rushnoun

The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.

Dashnoun

(by extension) The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.

Rushnoun

The merest trifle; a straw.

Dashnoun

A short run, flight.

‘When the feds came they did the dash.’;

Rushnoun

A sudden forward motion.

Dashnoun

A rushing or violent onset.

Rushnoun

A surge.

‘A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.’;

Dashnoun

Violent strike; a whack.

Rushnoun

General haste.

‘Many errors were made in the rush to finish.’;

Dashnoun

A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

‘Add a dash of vinegar.’;

Rushnoun

A rapid, noisy flow.

‘a rush of water;’; ‘a rush of footsteps’;

Dashnoun

A slight admixture.

‘There is a dash of craziness in his personality.’;

Rushnoun

(military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.

Dashnoun

Ostentatious vigor.

‘Aren't we full of dash this morning?’;

Rushnoun

(contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.

‘a rush on the quarterback’;

Dashnoun

A dashboard.

Rushnoun

A rusher; a lineman.

‘the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line’;

Dashnoun

A bribe or gratuity; a gift

Rushnoun

A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.

‘The rollercoaster gave me a rush.’;

Dashnoun

A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)

Rushnoun

A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.

‘rush week’;

Dashverb

(intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.

‘He dashed across the field.’;

Rushnoun

A perfect recitation.

Dashverb

To leave or depart.

‘I have to dash now. See you soon.’;

Rushnoun

(croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

Dashverb

(transitive) To destroy by striking (against).

‘He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.’;

Rushverb

To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.

‘rush one's dinner;’; ‘rush off an email response’;

Dashverb

(transitive) To throw violently.

‘The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.’;

Rushverb

(intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.

‘armies rush to battle;’; ‘waters rush down a precipice.’;

Dashverb

To sprinkle; to splatter.

Rushverb

To dribble rapidly.

Dashverb

To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.

‘to dash wine with water’;

Rushverb

To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.

Dashverb

To ruin; to destroy.

‘Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.’;

Rushverb

(transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.

‘Don't rush your client or he may withdraw.’;

Dashverb

(transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.

‘Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.’;

Rushverb

To make a swift or sudden attack.

Dashverb

(transitive) To complete hastily, usually with down or off.

‘He dashed down his eggs, she dashed off her homework’;

Rushverb

(military) To swiftly attack without warning.

Dashverb

(transitive) To draw quickly; jot.

Rushverb

To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units; to zerg.

Dashinterjection

(euphemistic) Damn!

Rushverb

To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing or initiation in order to join a fraternity or sorority.

Dashverb

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; - often used with against.

‘If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound.’;

Rushverb

(transitive) To transport or carry quickly.

‘The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport.’;

Dashverb

To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.

‘Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.’; ‘A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces.’; ‘To perplex and dashMaturest counsels.’;

Rushverb

To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.

Dashverb

To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.

‘Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car.’;

Rushverb

To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

Dashverb

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.

‘I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications.’; ‘The very source and fount of dayIs dashed with wandering isles of night.’;

Rushadjective

Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

‘a rush job’;

Dashverb

To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; - with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.

Rushnoun

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

Dashverb

To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; - with out; as, to dash out a word.

Rushnoun

The merest trifle; a straw.

‘John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.’;

Dashverb

To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.

‘[He] dashed through thick and thin.’; ‘On each hand the gushing waters play,And down the rough cascade all dashing fall.’;

Rushnoun

A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.

‘A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.’;

Dashnoun

Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.

Rushnoun

Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.

Dashnoun

A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.

Rushnoun

A perfect recitation.

Dashnoun

A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.

‘Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly.’;

Rushnoun

A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.

Dashnoun

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.

‘She takes upon her bravely at first dash.’;

Rushverb

To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.

‘Like to an entered tide, they all rush by.’;

Dashnoun

Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.

Rushverb

To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.

‘They . . . never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers.’;

Dashnoun

A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.

Rushverb

To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.

Dashnoun

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.

Rushverb

To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

Dashnoun

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.

Rushnoun

the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner;

‘in his haste to leave he forgot his book’;

Dashnoun

A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; - used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.

Rushnoun

a sudden forceful flow

Dashnoun

distinctive and stylish elegance;

‘he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer’;

Rushnoun

grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

Dashnoun

a quick run

Rushnoun

physician and Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

Dashnoun

a footrace run at top speed;

‘he is preparing for the 100-yard dash’;

Rushnoun

the swift release of a store of affective force;

‘they got a great bang out of it’; ‘what a boot!’; ‘he got a quick rush from injecting heroin’; ‘he does it for kicks’;

Dashnoun

a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

Rushnoun

a sudden burst of activity;

‘come back after the rush’;

Dashnoun

the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Rushnoun

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line;

‘the linebackers were ready to stop a rush’;

Dashnoun

the act of moving with great haste;

‘he made a dash for the door’;

Rushverb

step on it;

‘He rushed down the hall to receive his guests’; ‘The cars raced down the street’;

Dashverb

run or move very quickly or hastily;

‘She dashed into the yard’;

Rushverb

attack suddenly

Dashverb

break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over;

‘Smash a plate’;

Rushverb

urge to an unnatural speed;

‘Don't rush me, please!’;

Dashverb

hurl or thrust violently;

‘He dashed the plate against the wall’; ‘Waves were dashing against the rock’;

Rushverb

act or move at high speed;

‘We have to rush!’; ‘hurry--it's late!’;

Dashverb

destroy or break;

‘dashed ambitions and hopes’;

Rushverb

run with the ball, in football

Dashverb

cause to lose courage;

‘dashed by the refusal’;

Rushverb

cause to move fast or to rush or race;

‘The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze’;

Dashverb

add an enlivening or altering element to;

‘blue paint dashed with white’;

Rushverb

cause to occur rapidly;

‘the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions’;

Dashverb

run or travel somewhere in a great hurry

‘I must dash, I'm late’; ‘I dashed into the garden’;

Rushadjective

not accepting reservations

Dashverb

strike or fling (something) somewhere with great force, especially so as to have a destructive effect; hurl

‘the ship was dashed upon the rocks’;

Rushadjective

done under pressure;

‘a rush job’;

Dashverb

strike forcefully against something

‘a gust of rain dashed against the bricks’;

Rushverb

move with urgent haste

‘Oliver rushed after her’; ‘I rushed outside and hailed a taxi’;

Dashverb

destroy or frustrate (hopes or expectations)

‘the budget dashed hopes of an increase in funding’;

Rushverb

(of air or a liquid) flow strongly

‘the water rushed in through the great oaken gates’;

Dashverb

cause (someone) to lose confidence; dispirit

‘I won't tell Stuart—I think he'd be dashed’;

Rushverb

act with great haste

‘as soon as the campaign started they rushed into action’; ‘shoppers rushed to buy computers’;

Dashinterjection

used to express mild annoyance

‘dash it all, I am in charge’;

Rushverb

force (someone) to act hastily

‘I don't want to rush you into something’;

Dashnoun

an act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily

‘she made a dash for the door’;

Rushverb

take (someone) somewhere with great haste

‘an ambulance was waiting to rush him to hospital’;

Dashnoun

a journey or period of time characterized by urgency or eager haste

‘a 20-mile dash to the airport’;

Rushverb

deliver (something) quickly to (someone)

‘we'll rush you a copy at once’;

Dashnoun

a short, fast race run in one heat; a sprint

‘the 100 m dash’;

Rushverb

produce and distribute something very quickly

‘a rewritten textbook was rushed out last autumn’;

Dashnoun

a small quantity of a liquid added to something else

‘whisky with a dash of soda’;

Rushverb

deal with (something) hurriedly

‘panic measures were rushed through parliament’;

Dashnoun

a small amount of a quality that adds piquancy or distinctiveness to something else

‘a casual atmosphere with a dash of sophistication’;

Rushverb

dash towards (someone or something) in an attempt to attack or capture

‘to rush the bank and fire willy-nilly could be disastrous for everyone’;

Dashnoun

a horizontal stroke in writing or printing to mark a pause or break in sense or to represent omitted letters or words.

Rushverb

advance towards (an opposing player, especially the quarterback)

‘a linebacker who was gifted in rushing the quarterback’;

Dashnoun

the longer signal of the two used in Morse code.

Rushverb

run from scrimmage with the ball

‘he rushed for 100 yards on 22 carries’;

Dashnoun

a short vertical mark placed above or beneath a note to indicate that it is to be performed in a very staccato manner.

Rushverb

entertain (a new student) in order to assess suitability for membership of a college fraternity or sorority.

Dashnoun

impetuous or flamboyant vigour and confidence; panache

‘he has youthful energy, dash, and charisma’;

Rushverb

(of a student) visit (a college fraternity or sorority) with a view to joining it

‘he rushed three fraternities’;

Dashnoun

short for dashboard

‘an indicator on the dash tells you what gear you are in’;

Rushverb

make (a customer) pay a particular amount, especially an excessive one

‘how much did they rush you for this heap?’; ‘They rushed you, all right! It's not worth a penny more than £120’;

Dash

The dash is a punctuation mark that is similar in appearance to the hyphen and minus sign but differs from these symbols in length and, in some fonts, height above the baseline. The most common versions of the dash are the en dash –, longer than the hyphen; the em dash —, longer than the en dash; and the horizontal bar ―, whose length varies across typefaces but tends to be between those of the en and em dashes.

Rushnoun

a sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people

‘there was a rush for the door’;

Rushnoun

a sudden flow or flood

‘she felt a rush of cold air’;

Rushnoun

a flurry of hasty activity

‘the pre-Christmas rush’; ‘a rush job’;

Rushnoun

a sudden strong demand for a commodity

‘there's been a rush onthe Western News because of the murder’;

Rushnoun

a sudden intense feeling

‘Mark felt a rush of anger’;

Rushnoun

a sudden thrill or feeling of euphoria such as experienced after taking certain drugs

‘users experience a rush’;

Rushnoun

an act of advancing forward, especially towards the quarterback.

Rushnoun

the first prints made of a film after a period of shooting

‘after the shoot the agency team will see the rushes’;

Rushnoun

an erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. Widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.

Rushnoun

used in names of plants of wet habitats that are similar to rushes, e.g. flowering rush.

Rushnoun

a stem of a rush plant.

Rushnoun

rushes used as a material

‘he worked on the leaks in the hull, using bundles of rush’;

Rushnoun

a thing of no value (used for emphasis)

‘not one of them is worth a rush’;