write quickly - She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper - He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess • Syn: dash off, scratch off, knock off, toss off • Topics: writing, authorship, composition, penning • Hypernyms: write, compose, pen, indite • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Did he fling off his major works over a short period of time?