plural dashers
1
: a dashing person
2
: one that dashes
3
: a device having blades for agitating a liquid or semisolid
4
ice hockey
: the low wall enclosing a hockey rink : board entry 1 sense 5
specifically
: the ledge at the top of the boards
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The blue dasher dragonflies were most likely not migrating, according to David W. Gregg, executive director of the Rhode Island Natural History Survey.
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Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
So cat custodians contemplating this sort of outdoor adventure should be aware of the risk of creating a door dasher.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
Enter Email Sign Up After a record-setting 65-win regular season, coach Jim Montgomery has spots to fill and Sweeney et al would be only too happy if someone here has kicked a hole through the dasher boards before the ride back to Brighton on Monday.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
Put the can in the freezer bucket, add the dasher and secure the lid on the can.
—Justin Miller Communications Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 26 Jan. 2023
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Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
So cat custodians contemplating this sort of outdoor adventure should be aware of the risk of creating a door dasher.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
Enter Email Sign Up After a record-setting 65-win regular season, coach Jim Montgomery has spots to fill and Sweeney et al would be only too happy if someone here has kicked a hole through the dasher boards before the ride back to Brighton on Monday.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
Put the can in the freezer bucket, add the dasher and secure the lid on the can.
—Justin Miller Communications Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 26 Jan. 2023
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“Dasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dasher. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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