dine and dash
/ˈdaɪ̯n ən(d)ˈ(ʔ)dæʃ/
dine and dash verb: to commit the crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.
Verb
dine and dash (third-person singular simple present dines and dashes, present participle dining and dashing, simple past and past participle dined and dashed)
- To commit the crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.
- Dine-and-dashed for an ice cream sundae. I did it two or three times a month. Kept it to a hot fudge sundae—never real food or anything like that.2016, Kevin Morris, All Joe Knight, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 48
Noun
dine and dash (plural dine and dashes)
- The crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.
- He was also an irresponsible boozehound who habitually ran out on the check in restaurants, even though he must have known it was the waitress who had to pay the bill for such dine-and-dash customers.2009 November 20, Stephen King, “Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
dine and dash meaning in Thai
dine and dash in Thai
- leaving a restaurant without paying after eating
- กินแล้วชิ่ง
Forms of dine and dash
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | dines and dashes |
| present participle | dining and dashing |
| past participle | dined and dashed |
| past | dined and dashed |
| alternative form | dine-and-dash |
| Noun | |
| plural | dine and dashes |
Origin of dine and dash
(OED) First attested in 1979 (verb). First attested in 1981 (noun).
Words formed from dine and dash
Questions about dine and dash
- What does dine and dash mean?
- Dine and dash means to commit the crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.
- What is dine and dash in Thai?
- Dine and dash in Thai is กินแล้วชิ่ง. See Dine and dash meaning in Thai.
- What part of speech is dine and dash?
- Dine and dash can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce dine and dash?
- Dine and dash is pronounced /ˈdaɪ̯n ən(d)ˈ(ʔ)dæʃ/.
- What is the past tense of dine and dash?
- The past tense of dine and dash is dined and dashed.
Words near dine and dash in the dictionary
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