Definition of a dash

dash    

noun

• gratuity; "tip". UK slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).

  Last edited on Oct 19 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 08 2008.

verb - intransitive

• to leave.

  We've got to dash.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.

  Last edited on Oct 19 2010. Submitted by Marc Davis from Anchorage, AK, USA on Oct 08 1997.

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dine and dash	Definitions include: eating at a restaurant and leaving without paying.

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