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| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Expression using "CUT A DASH": To cut a dash. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 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) выделяться (segregate, stand out). (various references) praviti se važan (give oneself airs, show off), afektirati (overplay). (various references) hacer un papel destacado. (various references) väcka uppseende, slå på stort (lash out, splurge), briljera (crow, flourish, shine, show off). (various references) 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) 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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