THESAURUS
dash off
ad-lib, author, bat out, botch, bundle, bungle, bustle, cartoon, chalk, charcoal, chase, coauthor, collaborate, color, compose, cook up, copy, crayon, crosshatch, crowd, dash, dash on, daub, delineate, depict, design, diagram, dig out, do anyhow, do by halves, do carelessly, do offhand, doodle, double-time, draft, draw, editorialize, extemporize, fake, fake up, festinate, formulate, free-lance, fudge up, get going, get moving, ghost, ghostwrite, hasten, hasten off, hatch, hurry, hurry away, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hustle, improvisate, improvise, indite, jury-rig, knock off, knock out, knock together, lash up, leap, light out, limn, lose no time, make haste, make up, move quickly, nip, nip off, novelize, paint, paint a picture, pamphleteer, patch, patch together, patch up, pencil, picture, picturize, play by ear, plunge, portray, post, pound out, prepare, press on, produce, push on, race, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, run, rush, rush through, scamper, scamper off, scenarize, scramble, scrap the plan, scratch, scumble, scurry, scuttle, shade, sketch, skin out, slap up, spurt, stencil, strike off, tear, tear off, tear out, throw off, throw on paper, throw together, tint, toss off, toss out, toss together, trace, trifle with, vamp, whip off, whip up, whiz off, whomp up, wing it, write
ROGET THESAURUS
dash off
Writing
VB
write, pen, copy, engross, write out, write out fair, transcribe, scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch, interline, stain paper, write down, sign, enface, compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate, dictate, inscribe, throw on paper,
dash off, manifold, take up the pen, take pen in hand, shed ink, spill ink, dip one's pen in ink.
Activity
VB
be active, busy oneself in, stir, stir about, stir one's stumps, bestir oneself, rouse oneself, speed, hasten, peg away, lay about one, bustle, fuss, raise up, kick up a dust, push, make a push, make a fuss, make a stir, go ahead, push forward, fight one's way, elbow one's way, make progress, toll, plod, persist, keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling, look sharp, have all one's eyes about one, rise, arouse oneself, hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone, seize the opportunity, lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of,
dash off, make haste, do one's best take pains, do wonders, work wonders, have many irons in the fire, have one's hands full, have much on one's hands, have other things to do, have other fish to fry, be busy, not have a moment to spare, not have a moment that one can call one's own, have one's fling, run the round of, go all lengths, stick at nothing, run riot, outdo, overdo, overact, overlay, overshoot the mark, make a toil of a pleasure, have a hand in, take an active part, put in one's oar, have a finger in the pie, mix oneself up with, trouble, one's head about, intrigue, agitate, tamper with, meddle, moil, intermeddle, interfere, interpose, obtrude, poke one's nose in, thrust one's nose in.
Haste
VB
haste, hasten, make haste, make a dash, hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward, hurry, skurry, scuttle along, barrel along, bundle on, dart to and fro, bustle, flutter, scramble, plunge, plunge headlong,
dash off, rush, express, bestir oneself, lose no time, lose not a moment, lose not an instant, make short work of, make the best of one's time, make the best of one's way, be precipitate, jump at, be in haste, be in a hurry, have no time, have not a moment to lose, have not a moment to spare, work against time, quicken, accelerate, expedite, put on, precipitate, urge, whip, railroad.
Velocity
VB
move quickly, trip, fisk, speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle, scud, scuddle, scour, scour the plain, scamper, run like mad, beat it, fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush, cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel, scorch, burn up the track, rush, dash on,
dash off, dash forward, bolt, trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom, march in quick time, march in double time, ride hard, get over the ground, hurry, accelerate, put on, quicken, quicken one's pace, mend one's pace, clap spurs to one's horse, make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way, put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score, carry sail, crowd sail, go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground, outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind, keep up with, keep pace with, outstrip, outmarch.
Painting
VB
paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch,
dash off, chalk out, square up, color, dead color, wash, varnish, draw in pencil, paint in oils, stencil, depict.
