adj
dashed
dasht
adj
1
Made of a series of short lines with gaps between them.
"A dashed line on the road means you may overtake when it's safe."
2
A dated, mild intensifier meaning "damned" or "extremely."
"That's a dashed nuisance, old chap."
How to Use Dashed
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUsually describes a broken line made of dashes; in old-fashioned speech, it could also mean "very" or "damned."
When to use it
The "damned" sense now sounds distinctly old-fashioned or comic, evoking upper-class English speech of a bygone era.
Word Forms
more dashed comparative, most dashed superlative
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