Dash
Dash verb - To go at a pace faster than a walk.
Spur
Spur verb - To urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object.
How words are described
| short | short dash | short spur |
| single | single dash | single spur |
| big | big dash | big spur |
| little | little dash | little spur |
Common collocations
| army | dash army | spur army |
Both words in one sentence
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Rainbow Dash decides on the spur of the moment that she's taking Rocky the tortoise home with her anyway.
Source: Web Video / Ultra Fast Pony - This is seen best with her behavior around Twilight in very early episodes as "Ticket Master" (she pokes Twilight with her horn to spur her to help out Rainbow Dash), but it crops up again when she's grilling Fluttershy about how to improve her dress.
Source: No Sense of Personal Space -
This is seen best with her behavior around Twilight in very early episodes (she pokes Twilight with her horn to spur her to help out Rainbow Dash), but it crops up again when she's grilling Fluttershy about how to improve her dress.
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Spur and Dash. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dash/spur
Dash & Spur. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dash/spur>.
Spur or Dash. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dash/spur.
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