dash vs fly

To run quickly or for a short distance. 

To leave or depart. 

To complete hastily. 

To ruin; to destroy. 

To dishearten; to sadden. 

To sprinkle; to splatter. 

To destroy by striking (against). 

To draw or write quickly; jot. 

To throw violently. 

Violent strike; a whack. 

The dashboard of a Tumblr user. 

A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon. 

Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar). 

A rushing or violent onset. 

A short run, flight. 

Ostentatious vigor. 

The longer of the two symbols of Morse code. 

A slight admixture. 

A bribe or gratuity; a gift. 

A dashboard. 

A hyphen or minus sign. 

To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten. 

To be in the winged adult stage. 

To hunt with a hawk. 

To be accepted, come about or work out. 

To proceed with great success. 

To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly. 

To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like. 

To display (a flag) on a flagpole. 

To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb). 

To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface. 

A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work. 

A wing. 

A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys). 

Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. 

A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect. 

The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys). 

A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc. 

Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges). 

A butterfly (combination of four options). 

An act of flying. 

One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre. 

The person who took the printed sheets from the press. 

A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent. 

The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn. 

waste cotton 

Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies. 

A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s. 

An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders. 

A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye) 

Any similar, but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly. 

That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. 

In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.. 

The free edge of a flag. 

The horizontal length of a flag. 

A fly ball. 

The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows. 

Related terms: flyman 

A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.