Short run (4 letters)

{ Answer }

DASH

{ Related Clues }

Bravura
Dollop
Elan
Élan
Hurry
Soupçon
Sprint
Verve
Bit of salt
Certain race
Code unit
Destroy, as hopes
Dot's partner
Go quickly
Go swiftly
Hyphen's cousin
Little bit
A little salt
Make time
Minute amount
Punctuation mark
Recipe amount
Run ? or ruin
Salt amount
Short race
Short sprint
Slap's partner
Small amount
Sprinkling, for flavor
T, in code
Tach site
Telegraphy signal
Track event
Bit of Morse code
Morse-code symbol

{ Tags }

amount, bit, code, dash, dots, eg, elan, event, go, hopes, partner, race, recipe, run, salt, short, sprint, track, verve, yard, 100

{ Notes }

The answer DASH is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.

{ Definition }

DASH as a noun:

1. (dash, elan, flair, panache, style) = distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

2. (dash, sprint) = a quick run

3. a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"

4. (hyphen, dash) = a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

5. (dash, dah) = the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

6. (dash, bolt) = the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"

DASH as a verb:

1. (dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot) = run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

2. (smash, dash) = break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"

3. (crash, dash) = hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"

4. destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"

5. (daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare) = cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

6. add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"