Dictionary

dashed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dæʃt/

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

dashedly · undashed

Relateds

dotted · dash-dotted

Synonyms

broken (line) · darned (damned)

dashed en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dæʃt/

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of dash
   form of dash