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dashed

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dæ?t/
  • Rhymes: -æ?t

Verb

dashed

  1. past participle of dash

Adjective

dashed (comparative more dashed, superlative most dashed)

  1. (of a line) Made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
  2. (Britain, dated, informal, euphemistic) Damned.
    It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford.
    • 1824, "Kiddywinkle History, No. II", Blackwood's Magazine (15, May 1824) p. 540
      I'll be dashed if I gan another step for less 'an oaf.
    • 1939, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime Chapter 8
      I'll be dashed if I squash in with any domestic staff.

Usage notes

  • Dashed in the sense of "damned" is associated with the old-fashioned upper class.

Synonyms

  • (line): broken
  • (damned): darned (especially US)

See also

  • dotted

Anagrams

  • shaded

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bolted

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??lt?d/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?bo?lt?d/

Verb

bolted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of bolt

Anagrams

  • betold

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