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dashing

[ dash-ing ]

adjective

  1. energetic and spirited; lively:

    a dashing hero.

  2. elegant and gallant in appearance and manner:

    a dashing young cavalry officer.

  3. showy; stylish.


dashing

/ ˈdæʃɪŋ /

adjective

  1. spirited; lively

    a dashing young man

  2. stylish; showy

    a dashing hat



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Derived Forms

  • ˈdashingly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • dashing·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dashing1

First recorded in 1800–05; dash 1 + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

Leaked emails show Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal confessing that the dashing Elba should be 007.

Just then a young boar came dashing by, and the huntsman stabbed it to death.

He is, by all accounts, brilliant; a dashing, urbane go-getter who exudes charm.

A generation later, a dashing French socialist named Etienne Cabet founded the Icarian Nation in Illinois.

After all, reading would be pretty boring if romance novels got all the dashing rogues.

I hope the French Government will recognize this dashing stroke of d'Amade's by something more solid than a thank you.

She also played his Fourteenth Rhapsody with orchestral accompaniment in most bold and dashing style.

The rebellious brown hair was almost in the shade of my own dashing hat-brim.

He was dashing off in his eager fashion, when Mr. Ducksmith laid a detaining hand on his arm.

Mrs. Ducksmith gathered up her knitting and retired, Aristide dashing to the door to open it for her.

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