 English vocabulary word of the day, dash, from espressoenglish.net First let's work on the pronunciation. The letter A has the A sound, like in dad, cash, and last. The final SH sounds like in the words share, ship, and wish. Say the word after me. Dash. The word dash can be a verb, meaning to run quickly or to rush. For example, the dog dashed towards its owner. Doctors were dashing from patient to patient during the emergency. You can also use the expression make a dash, meaning to run quickly. For example, the criminal made a dash for the door, but the cops caught him. Cops is an informal word for police officers. The word dash also refers to a type of punctuation mark. A short line between two words is called a hyphen. A longer line between two phrases is called a dash. And a long line that appears at the bottom of the area is called an underscore. There's an expression, dash someone's hopes. This means to destroy a person's hopes or expectations. For example, the injury dashed her hopes of playing in the championship game. If someone looks dashing, it means that person looks especially and extremely nice. For example, she was accompanied by a dashing young man wearing a tuxedo. If someone is dashing, it means they appear elegant and attractive. Finally, you might encounter the word dashboard. A dashboard is a panel or screen that shows various pieces of information and is constantly updated. You have a dashboard in your car. It shows how much gas you have, how fast you are going, the power level of the engine, among other things. This is called the dashboard. You'll learn a lot more words in my vocabulary builder course, which will help you express yourself more fluently. Click the link in the video to take some free sample lessons.