dash
dash is a valid 4-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
What does dash mean?
The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
A footrace run at top speed.
“he is preparing for the 100-yard dash”
The act of moving with great haste.
“he made a dash for the door”
Distinctive and stylish elegance.
“he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer”
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.
A quick run.
Add an enlivening or altering element to.
“blue paint dashed with white”
Destroy or break.
“dashed ambitions and hopes”
Run or move very quickly or hastily.
“She dashed into the yard”
Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over.
Hurl or thrust violently.
“He dashed the plate against the wall”
“Waves were dashing against the rock”
Cause to lose courage.
“dashed by the refusal”