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

Homographs

Dash