Knock vs Dash - What's the difference?

Knock is a synonym of dash.

As nouns the difference between knock and dash

is that knock is an abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood while dash is (typography) any of the following symbols: (''horizontal bar ).

As verbs the difference between knock and dash

is that knock is (dated) to rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood while dash is to run quickly or for a short distance.

As an interjection dash is

(euphemistic) damn!.

knock

English

Noun

(en noun)

An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood

I heard a knock on my door.

An impact.

He took a knock on the head.

(figurative) criticism

* 2012 , Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]

Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum. They have released two enormous albums. But, wow, do they take some knocks back home.

(cricket) a batsman's innings.

He played a slow but sure knock of 35.

(automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition or the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.

Verb

(en verb)

(dated) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

Knock on the door and find out if they're home.

(dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.

* Shakespeare

Master, knock the door hard.

(ambitransitive, dated) To bump or impact.

I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.

I accidentally knocked my drink off the bar.

* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

"The Silver Shoes," said the Good Witch, "have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go."

(colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.

Don't knock it until you've tried it.

(soccer) To pass, kick a ball towards another player.

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Derived terms

* knock someone's block off * knock someone's socks off

Derived terms

* antiknock * knock about * knock around * knock down * knock for a loop * knock it off * knock knock * knock off / knockoff * knock oneself out * knock somebody's socks off * knock out / knockout * knock over * knock up * knocked up * knocker * knocker up * knocking shop * school of hard knocks English onomatopoeias 1000 English basic words

dash

English

Noun

(es)

(typography) Any of the following symbols: (''horizontal bar ).

sometimes dash'' is also used colloquially to refer to a ''hyphen'' or ''minus sign .

A short run.

A small quantity of a liquid substance; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

Add a dash of vinegar

Vigor.

Aren't we full of dash this morning?

A dashboard.

* 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 31:

The dash clock said 2:38 when.

One of the two symbols of Morse code.

(Nigeria) A bribe or gratuity.

* 1992 , George B. N. Ayittey, Africa betrayed (page 44)

The traditional practice of offering gifts or "dash " to chiefs has often been misinterpreted by scholars to provide a cultural explanation for the pervasive incidence of bribery and corruption in modern Africa.

* 2006 , Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo, The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950 (page 99)

Writing in 1924 on a similar situation in Ugep, the political officer, Mr. S. T. Harvey noted: "In the old days there was no specified dowry but merely dashes given to the father-in-law

* 2008 , Lizzie Williams, Nigeria: The Bradt Travel Guide (page 84)

The only other times you'll be asked for a dash is from beggars.

(obsolete, euphemistic) A stand-in for a censored word, like "Devil" or "damn". (Compare deuce.)

* 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.

* 1853 , (William Makepeace Thackery), (The Newcomes)'', Chapter VI, serialized in ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine , (VIII, no. 43, Dec 1853) p. 118

Sir Thomas looks as if to ask what the dash is that to you! but wanting still to go to India again, and knowing how strong the Newcomes are in Leadenhall Street, he thinks it necessary to be civil to the young cub, and swallows his pride once more into his waistband.

*:Comment : Some editions leave this passage out. Of those that include it, some change the 'you!' to 'you?'.

* 1884 , (Lord Robert Gower), My Reminiscences'', reprinted in "The Evening Lamp", ''The Christian Union , (29) 22, (May 29, 1884) p. 524

Who the dash' is this person whom none of us know? and what the ' dash does he do here?

* 1939 , , (Uncle Fred in the Springtime) Chapter 8

I'll be dashed if I squash in with any domestic staff.

Hyponyms

* See also

Hypernyms

* punctuation mark

Derived terms

* dashing * dash off * em dash, en dash

Verb

(es)

To run quickly or for a short distance.

He dashed across the field.

(informal) To leave or depart.

I have to dash now. See you soon.

To destroy by striking (against).

He dashed the bottle against the bar and turned about to fight.

* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21

"`Silence! If you make a sound I shall take him and dash his brains out before your very eyes.'

* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 4

Kala was the youngest mate of a male called Tublat, meaning broken nose, and the child she had seen dashed to death was her first; for she was but nine or ten years old.

To throw violently.

The man was dashed from the vehicle during the accident.

* Francis Bacon

If you dash a stone against a stone in the bottom of the water, it maketh a sound.

To sprinkle; to splatter.

* Thomson

On each hand the gushing waters play, / And down the rough cascade all dashing fall.

(of hopes or dreams) To ruin; to destroy.

Her hopes were dashed when she saw the damage.

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To dishearten; to sadden.

Her thoughts were dashed to melancholy.

To complete hastily, usually with down'' or ''off .

He dashed''' down his eggs'', ''she '''dashed off her homework

To draw quickly; jot.

* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1

"Scarborough," Mrs. Flanders wrote on the envelope, and dashed a bold line beneath; it was her native town; the hub of the universe.

To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there.

to dash''' wine with water; to '''dash paint upon a picture

* Addison

I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications.

* Tennyson

The very source and fount of day / Is dashed with wandering isles of night.

Interjection

(en interjection)

(euphemistic) Damn!

Anagrams

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