What is the meaning of the word "dash"?

Definitions:

a footrace run at top speed noun
- I am preparing for the 100yard dash.
add an enlivening or altering element to verb
- blue paint dashed with white
cause to lose courage verb
- dashed by the refusal
destroy or break verb
- dashed ambitions and hopes
distinctive and stylish elegance noun
- I wooed the fireman with the confident dash of a cavalry officer.
hurl or thrust violently verb
- I dashed the plate against the wall.
run or move very quickly or hastily verb
- I dashed into the yard.
the act of moving with great haste noun
- I made a dash for the door.