Dash

Morpheme

Dash

Type

free base

Denotation

move suddenly and violently, strike, splash, spatter

Etymology

Middle English daschen, dassen; of unknown origin but probably from Scandinavian source

Evidence

airdash, backdash, bedash, dash, dashboard, dashed, dashes, dashier, dashiest, dashing, dashism, dashlike, dashpoint, dashpot, dashy, interdash, outdash, slapdash, splatterdash

See Also

Dash

Homographs

Dash