Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that dashes, especially the plunger of an ice-cream freezer.
- noun Sports The ledge along the top of the boards of an ice rink.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which dashes or agitates, as the float of a paddle-wheel, the plunger of a churn, and the like.
- noun A dash-board.
- noun One who makes an ostentatious parade; a bold, showy, ostentatious man or woman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which dashes or agitates.
- noun United States A dashboard or splashboard.
- noun Low One who makes an ostentatious parade.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which
dashes oragitates . - noun US A
dashboard orsplashboard . - noun archaic One who makes an
ostentatious parade .
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Examples
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A dasher is a teacher who gives lectures at a university and gives private lessons and teaches at school, all at the same time.
Qwaider Planet 2009
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For the coach we (three passengers) were in, was built like an omnibus-sleigh on wheels, with a high seat and "dasher" in front, so that we could not see what it was that drew our ark, and therefore I climbed up in the driver's perch to overlook our motors.
Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens
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I transferred the ice cream to another container, I spooned gobs of ice cream off the dasher down my throat until it went past numb and into sharp ache.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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And, if I may say so, you look quite a dasher too.
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I transferred the ice cream to another container, I spooned gobs of ice cream off the dasher down my throat until it went past numb and into sharp ache.
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Its related Camp Laurel in Readfield, Maine, maintains fleets of sailboats and ski boats and has a brand new outdoor roller hockey arena, outfitted with NHL-quality dasher boards brought in from Minnesota.
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Its related Camp Laurel in Readfield, Maine, maintains fleets of sailboats and ski boats and has a brand new outdoor roller hockey arena, outfitted with NHL-quality dasher boards brought in from Minnesota.
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Within minutes, though, we had collected an allotment of high-value supplies, including natural cold medication (with cardamom), decorative felt banners declaring the Krishna mantra, and a handwoven rug for my mother, available from a haber-dasher named Dinish, who gave us a good discount on account of my uncle.
A World Apart: My uncle is a Hare Krishna spiritual master Chico Harlan 2010
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That's the Federaction Internacional de Futbol Rapido, not Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. "Futbol rapido" is another name for soccer played with hockey-style dasher boards, reflecting the fact that it's not always played indoors.
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That's the Federaction Internacional de Futbol Rapido, not Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. "Futbol rapido" is another name for soccer played with hockey-style dasher boards, reflecting the fact that it's not always played indoors.
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