plural of 100-meter dash

(intransitive) To leave a place quickly or briefly. / (transitive, idiomatic) To write quickly or informally.

(typography) The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)

(typography) The punctuation mark –, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range.

Alternative spelling of em dash

A coating of small pebbles sprayed onto soft plaster or cement, used as decoration on exterior walls.

To apply pebble dash to a wall.

Alternative spelling of en dash

A supermarket promotional contest where the winner can keep whatever groceries they can load into a trolley in a set time.

(chemistry) A method of representing the three-dimensional structure of a molecule in which simple lines represent bonds in the plane of the image, wedge-shaped lines represent bonds towards the viewer, and dashed lines represent bonds away from the viewer.