dashboard
See also: Dashboard
English edit
Etymology edit
From dash (“to sprinkle; to splatter”) + board for meaning 1. Possibly expanded meaning later.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdæʃˌbɔː(ɹ)d/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdæʃˌboəɹd/, /ˈdæʃˌbɔːɹd/
Noun edit
dashboard (plural dashboards)
- (historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.
- A panel beneath the windshield of a vehicle or aircraft containing indicator gauges, compartments, and sometimes controls and indicator lights.
- 1977, Jim Steinman (lyrics and music), “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”, in Bat Out of Hell, performed by Meat Loaf:
- Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night / I can see paradise by the dashboard light
- (nautical) The float of a paddle wheel.
- (graphical user interface, video games) A graphical user interface in the form of or resembling a motor car dashboard.
- Log in to the dashboard to change your account settings.
- (Internet) The personalized feed of a Tumblr user, consisting of recent posts by blogs they follow.
- 2012, "Grace", quoted in Jennifer Obee, Social Networking: The Ultimate Teen Guide, page 110:
- It's so addictive, I all too often find myself just scrolling down my dashboard on Tumblr, finding things that other people have reblogged that appeal to me, reblogging, then continuing to scroll.
- 2014, Cat Pausé, “Express Yourself: Fat Activism in the Web 2.0 Age”, in Ragen Chastain, editor, The Politics of Size: Perspectives from the Fat Acceptance Movement[1], page 3:
- I began following other fat-positive Tumblrs, and soon my dashboard was filled with positive representations of fatness: pictures, stories, quotes, and links to articles and blogs.
- 2022, Barrie Shannon, Sex(uality) Education for Trans and Gender Diverse Youth in Australia[2], page 163:
- Though I rarely use it anymore, absently scrolling through my dashboard acquainted me with many new people from all around the world, and it helped me understand myself in new ways.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:dashboard.
- 2012, "Grace", quoted in Jennifer Obee, Social Networking: The Ultimate Teen Guide, page 110:
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
upturned screen of wood
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panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
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graphical user interface
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See also edit
Verb edit
dashboard (third-person singular simple present dashboards, present participle dashboarding, simple past and past participle dashboarded)
- To organize in a dashboard format.
- Dashboarding your work can enhance productivity.
Translations edit
to organize in a dashboard format
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Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- dashbord (unofficial, rare)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English dashboard.
Pronunciation edit
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈdɛʃ.boːrt/, /ˈdɛʃ.bɔrt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dash‧board
Noun edit
dashboard n (plural dashboards, diminutive dashboardje n)
- dashboard (instrument panel of a motor vehicle or aircraft)