dashboard

From dash (“to sprinkle; to splatter”) +‎ board for meaning 1. Possibly expanded meaning later.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæʃˌbɔː(ɹ)d/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdæʃˌboəɹd/, /ˈdæʃˌbɔːɹd/

dashboard (plural dashboards)

1. (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.
2. 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

3. (nautical) The float of a paddle wheel.
4. (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.

5. (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, 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, 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.

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dashboard (third-person singular simple present dashboards, present participle dashboarding, simple past and past participle dashboarded)

1. To organize in a dashboard format.

   Dashboarding your work can enhance productivity.

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• dashbord (unofficial, rare)

Borrowed from English dashboard.

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛʃ.boːrt/, /ˈdɛʃ.bɔrt/

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• Hyphenation: dash‧board

dashboard n (plural dashboards, diminutive dashboardje n)

1. dashboard (instrument panel of a motor vehicle or aircraft)