dash vs wait

dash

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • To leave or depart. 

  • To complete hastily. 

  • To ruin; to destroy. 

  • To dishearten; to sadden. 

  • To sprinkle; to splatter. 

  • To run quickly or for a short distance. 

  • To destroy by striking (against). 

  • To draw or write quickly; jot. 

  • To throw violently. 

intj
  • Damn! 

wait

noun
  • An ambush. 

  • A delay. 

  • Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. 

verb
  • To remain faithful to one’s partner or betrothed during a prolonged period of absence. 

  • To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness. 

  • To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment. 

intj
  • Tells the other speaker to stop talking, typing etc. for a moment. 

How often have the words dash and wait occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )