dot-and-dash

1 of 2

adjective

variants or dot-dash

ˈ⸗¦⸗

1

: formed of or as if of alternating dots and dashes

run a dot-and-dash line across the sheet

2

: consisting of or using an alphabet made up of dots and dashes as signals for communicating

secret conversations by means of long and short muscular movements in the Morse dot-and-dash system

dot-and-dash

2 of 2

transitive verb

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variants or dot-dash

"

1

: to mark with a succession of dots and dashes

2

: to convey by means of a dot-and-dash system

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