dashes
Definitions
Noun
- Distinctive and stylish elegance
- A quick run
- A footrace run at top speed
- 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
- The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in morse code
- The act of moving with great haste
Verb
- Run or move very quickly or hastily
- Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- Hurl or thrust violently
- Destroy or break
- Cause to lose courage
- Add an enlivening or altering element to
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Sounds Like
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Term
Definitions: 12
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 5
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 1
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