[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to strike or smash violently, especially so as to break to pieces:He dashed the plate into smithereens against the wall.", "to throw or thrust violently or suddenly:to dash one stone against another.", "to splash, often violently; bespatter (with water, mud, etc.):He recovered consciousness when they dashed water in his face.", "to apply roughly, as by splashing:to dash paint here and there on the wall.", "to mix or adulterate by adding another substance:to dash wine with water.", "to ruin or frustrate (hopes, plans, etc.):The rain dashed our hopes for a picnic.", "to depress; dispirit :The failure dashed his spirits.", "to confound or abash:His rejection dashed and humiliated him."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to strike with violence:The waves dashed against the cliff.", "to move with violence; rush :The horses dashed out of the burning stable.Synonyms: bolt , dart"]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else:a dash of salt.Synonyms: touch , bit , pinch", "a hasty or sudden movement; a rush or sudden onset:They all made a dash for the door.", "the mark or sign (—) used to note an abrupt break or pause in a sentence or hesitation in an utterance, to begin and end a parenthetic word, phrase, or clause, to indicate the omission of letters or words, to divide a line, to substitute for certain uses of the colon, and to separate any of various elements of a sentence or series of sentences, as a question from its answer.", "the throwing or splashing of liquid against something:the dash of the waves against the dock.", "the sound of such splashing:The dash of the waves on the beach could be heard from afar.", "spirited action; vigor in action or style; élan :The dancer performed with spirit and dash.", "Track.a short race:a 100-yard dash.", "dashboard ( def ) dashboard ( def ).", "Telegraphy.a signal of longer duration than a dot, used in groups of dots, dashes, and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.", "a hasty stroke, especially of a pen.", "Archaic.a violent and rapid blow or stroke."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["to hurry away; leave :I must dash off now.Alsodash down. to write, make, accomplish, etc., hastily:We dashed off a letter to announce the news.He dashed down a memo.", "to hurry away; leave :I must dash off now.", "Alsodash down. to write, make, accomplish, etc., hastily:We dashed off a letter to announce the news.He dashed down a memo."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to damn (usually used as an interjection)."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a tip, bribe, or recompense.", "bribery ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to give a tip or bribe to (especially a government employee)."]}]