dash

IPA: dˈæʃ

(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
(computing) A hyphen or minus sign.
(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.
(figurative, by extension) A slight admixture.
Ostentatious vigor.
A dashboard.
(Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia) A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
(dated, euphemistic) A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)
(Internet, informal) The dashboard of a Tumblr user.
A topographic surname.
(rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
(web development, video) Acronym of Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP.

(intransitive) To run quickly or for a short distance.
(intransitive, informal) To leave or depart.
(transitive) To destroy by striking (against).
(transitive) To throw violently.
(transitive, intransitive, sometimes figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
(transitive, dated) To mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality.
(transitive, of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.
(transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
(transitive, usually with down or off) To complete hastily.
(transitive) To draw or write quickly; jot.
(transitive, dated, euphemistic) Damn (in forming oaths).

Examples of "dash" in Sentences

A unloaded firearm or locket up in dash is useless if needed.
STARR: From her desk, or what she calls her dash board, Jonas monitors everything.
The double dash is effective for helping a thought within a sentence be propelled into the limelight.
Her headlong dash from the bar, only to be whisked away by someone she still can't quite believe isn't an enemy.
However, I also think that comics 'adherence for the double-dash instead of the M-dash is an unnecessary relic of the Great Typewriter Squeeze.
The double dash is also used in comics to set off phrases within a sentence -- as in other written prose -- not just at the end of a broken off sentence.
It reminded me of when I saw Independence Day one summer day in New York, emerging afterwards into the full-on Manhattan Friday five o'clock rush hour just like the mad dash from the aliens the New Yorkers made in the movie.