Meaning

• To run quickly or for a short distance.

  "He dashed across the field."

• To leave or depart.

  "I have to dash now. See you soon."

• To destroy by striking (against).

  "He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight."

• To throw violently.

  "The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident."

• (sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.

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

  "to dash wine with water"

• (of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.

  "Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage."

• To dishearten; to sadden.

• To complete hastily, usually with down or off.

  "He dashed down his eggs, she dashed off her homework"

• To draw quickly; jot.

Meaning

• (of a line) Made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

• Damned.

  "It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford."