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Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|typography}}{{lb|en|typography}} ''Any of the following symbols:'' [[‒]] ({{l|en|figure dash}}), [[–]] ({{l|en|en dash}}), [[—]] ({{l|en|em dash}}), or [[―]] ({{l|en|horizontal bar}}).
- {{lb|en|by extension}} The longer of the two symbols of [[Morse code]].
- A short [[run]], [[flight]].
- A rushing or violent onset.
- Violent [[strike]]; a [[whack]].
- A small [[quantity]] of a [[liquid]] substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a [[teaspoon]].
- {{lb|en|figurative|by extension}} A slight [[admixture]].
- {{lb|en|uncountable}} {{U|ostentatious}} [[vigor]].
- {{lb|en|Nigeria|Ghana|Liberia|countable|uncountable}} A [[bribe]] or [[gratuity]]; a [[gift]].
- {{lb|en|dated|euphemistic}} {{n-g|A stand-in for a censored word, like "[[Devil]]" or "[[damn]]". (Compare [[deuce]].)}}
- {{ellipsis of|en|dashboard}}.
- {{lb|en|UK|India}} A prime symbol.
Verb
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To run [[quick]]ly or for a [[short]] distance.
- {{lb|en|intransitive|informal}} To [[leave]] or [[depart]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[destroy]] by [[striking]] (against).
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To throw [[violent]]ly.
- {{lb|en|ambitransitive|sometimes|figurative}} To [[sprinkle]]; to [[splatter]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To mix, reduce, or [[adulterate]], by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
- {{lb|en|transitive|of hopes or dreams}} To [[ruin]]; to [[destroy]].
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[dishearten]]; to [[sadden]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|usually with {{m|en|down}} or {{m|en|off}}}} To complete hastily.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[draw]] or [[write]] quickly; [[jot]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|dated|euphemism}} [[damn|Damn]] {{q|in forming oaths}}.
Interjection
- {{lb|en|euphemistic}} [[damn|Damn]]!
Proper noun
- {{surname|en|topographic}}.
- {{lb|en|rare}} {{given name|en|male|from=surnames}}.
Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.