dine and dash

English

Alternative forms

• dine-and-dash

Pronunciation

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Noun

dine and dash (plural dine and dashes)

1. (Canada, US, informal) The crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.
   • 2009 November 20, Stephen King, “Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

Related terms

• gas and dash
• smash and dash

Translations

leaving a restaurant without paying after eating

• Dutch: eetpiraterij
• French: grivèlerie (fr) f, resto basket (fr) m, filouterie (fr)
• German: Zechprellerei f
• Hungarian: (étteremből) fizetés nélküli távozás
• Italian: mangia e scappa
• Japanese: 無銭飲食 (ja) (musen inshoku)
• Spanish: simpa (es) m (Spain), perro muerto
• Swedish: springnota (sv) c
• Thai: กินแล้วชิ่ง

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)

1. (Canada, US, informal) To commit such an act.

Translations

to leave a restaurant without paying after eating

• Hungarian: (étteremből) fizetés nélkül távozik/meglép/meglóg
• Spanish: hacer perro muerto (es), hacer un simpa

See also

• (UK) do a runner