Meanings
dasher1
plural dashers
- That which dashes or agitates.
the dasher of a churn
- USA dashboard or splashboard.
- hobbiesThe lower boards around the edge of the rink.
- archaiccolloquialOne who makes an ostentatious parade or display.
Dasher2
Dasher3
- The first reindeer of Santa Claus.
plural Dashers
- Synonym of DoorDasher.
In it, the company found 18% of Dashers said they have “a disability or other chronic condition”—which, DoorDash said, is four times greater than the mainstream workforce.
2023 March 30, “DoorDash Policy Exec Cheryl Young Talks Helping Disabled Dashers”, in Forbes, Forbes3 more examples
DoorDash carries a commercial auto insurance policy that covers up to $1 million in bodily injury and/or property damage of its Dashers, who are considered third parties. Any accident that occurs while on an active delivery (in possession of goods to be delivered) qualifies the Dasher for coverage.
2019, Mary L. Gray, Siddharth Suri, “The Double Bottom Line”, in Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, part III (Talking Back to Robots), page 157In January 2021, for example, grocery chains Vons, Pavilions, and Albertsons came to an agreement with DoorDash to fire their delivery staff—which had previously worked full-time with benefits—and replace them with an army of subcontracted “Dashers.”
2022, Jamie K. McCallum, Essential: How the Pandemic Transformed the Long Fight for Worker Justice, Basic Books, →ISBNFormulate a linear programming model to minimize the sum of the times of assignments made such that no Dasher is assigned to more than one order and each order must be assigned to exactly one Dasher.
2023, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, Business Analytics, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 791Synonyms: DoorDasher
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of DoorDasher.
Origin
Dasher · proper noun
- GermanDascher
- EnglishDasher
* Americanized form of German Dascher. * Possibly a habitational name from Dasher near Kippen in Stirlingshire.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Dasher · proper noun, noun
From dasher. * (reindeer): First attested in the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (1823).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish Juoksija
- Juoksijareindeer of Santa Claus
French Tornade
- Tornadereindeer of Santa Claus
Greek Βέλος
- Βέλος (Vélos)reindeer of Santa Claus
Italian Saetta
- Saettareindeer of Santa Claus
Japanese ダッシャー
- ダッシャー (Dasshā)reindeer of Santa Claus
Polish Fircyk
- Fircykreindeer of Santa Claus
Portuguese Corredora
- Corredorareindeer of Santa Claus
Spanish jactancioso, Vondín
- jactanciosoOne who makes an ostentatious parade
- Vondínreindeer of Santa Claus
- Alegrereindeer of Santa Claus
- Briosoreindeer of Santa Claus
- Enérgicoreindeer of Santa Claus
- Jactanciosoreindeer of Santa Claus
- Presuntuosoreindeer of Santa Claus
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dasher
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Cite this entry
dasher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dasher
“dasher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dasher. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dasher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dasher.
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