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CUT A DASH

Specialty Definition: CUT A DASH

DomainDefinition

Literature

Cut a Dash Make a show. Cut is the French couper, better seen in the noun coup, as a grand coup, a coup de maltre (a masterly stroke), so "to cut" means to make a masterly coup, to do something to be looked at and talked about. Dashing means striking - i.e. showy, as a "dashing fellow," a "dashing equipage." To cut a dash is to get one's self looked at and talked about for a showy or striking appearance. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: CUT A DASH

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Ostentation

Cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge; figure, figure away; make a show, make a display; glitter.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Expression: CUT A DASH

Expression using "CUT A DASH": To cut a dash. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CUT A DASH

Language Translations for "CUT A DASH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏ترك أثرا (impact). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

контя се (overdress, primp, titivate oneself, toff). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κόβω την ορμή. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

feltûnést kelt. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

utcay aay ashday

   

Romanian

  

se prezenta strãlucit, face figurã bunã, a-şi da aere (attitudinize, be on the high horse, be on the high ropes, feel one's oats, give oneself airs, look big, put on airs, ride the high horse). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

выделяться (segregate, stand out). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

praviti se važan (give oneself airs, show off), afektirati (overplay). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hacer un papel destacado. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

väcka uppseende, slå på stort (lash out, splurge), briljera (crow, flourish, shine, show off). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

hava atmak (crow, flaunt, give oneself airs, make a great display, make a show of, prank, put on airs, put on an act, put on dog, put on side, queen it over, show off, splurge, swagger, swank), çalım satmak (put on dog). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

хвастати (beat to drums, blow, bluster, boast, brag, display, flourish, gab, gasconade, glory, splurge, swank, talk big, talk horse, vapor, vapour, vaunt), вихвалятися (shoot a line, talk big). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CUT A DASH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-h-s-t-u"

-1 letter: datchas.

-2 letters: cushat, dachas, datcha, ducats.

-3 letters: adust, chads, chats, dacha, dauts, ducat, ducts, dutch, hadst, sadhu, sauch, scuta, tachs, thuds.

-4 letters: aahs, acta, acts, cads, casa, cash, cast, cats, chad, chat, cuds, cuts, dahs, dash, data, daut, duct, dust, hast, hats, haut, huts, scad, scat, scud, scut, shad, shat, shut, stud, such, tach.

-5 letters: aah.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
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