SWUNG DASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swung dash mean? 

• SWUNG DASH (noun)
  The noun SWUNG DASH has 1 sense:

1. a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word

  Familiarity information: SWUNG DASH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWUNG DASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("swung dash" is a kind of...):

punctuation; punctuation mark (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)