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dash⋅ing

  [dash-ing]
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–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.
Origin:
1800–05; dash 1 + -ing 2

Related forms:
dash⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

dash

1  [dash]
–verb (used with object)
1. to strike or smash violently, esp. so as to break to pieces: He dashed the plate into smithereens against the wall.
2. to throw or thrust violently or suddenly: to dash one stone against another.
3. to splash, often violently; bespatter (with water, mud, etc.): He recovered consciousness when they dashed water in his face.
4. to apply roughly, as by splashing: to dash paint here and there on the wall.
5. to mix or adulterate by adding another substance: to dash wine with water.
6. to ruin or frustrate (hopes, plans, etc.): The rain dashed our hopes for a picnic.
7. to depress; dispirit: The failure dashed his spirits.
8. to confound or abash: His rejection dashed and humiliated him.
–verb (used without object)
9. to strike with violence: The waves dashed against the cliff.
10. to move with violence; rush: The horses dashed out of the burning stable.
–noun
11. a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else: a dash of salt.
12. a hasty or sudden movement; a rush or sudden onset: They all made a dash for the door.
13. the mark or sign (—) used to note an abrupt break or pause in a sentence or hesitation in an utterance, to begin and end a parenthetic word, phrase, or clause, to indicate the omission of letters or words, to divide a line, to substitute for certain uses of the colon, and to separate any of various elements of a sentence or series of sentences, as a question from its answer.
14. the throwing or splashing of liquid against something: the dash of the waves against the dock.
15. the sound of such splashing: The dash of the waves on the beach could be heard from afar.
16. spirited action; élan; vigor in action or style: The dancer performed with spirit and dash.
17. Track. a short race: a 100-yard dash.
18. dashboard (def. 1).
19. Telegraphy. a signal of longer duration than a dot, used in groups of dots, dashes, and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.
20. a hasty stroke, esp. of a pen.
21. Archaic. a violent and rapid blow or stroke.
—Verb phrase
22. dash off,
a. to hurry away; leave: I must dash off now.
b. Also, dash down. to write, make, accomplish, etc., hastily: We dashed off a letter to announce the news. He dashed down a memo.
—Idiom
23. cut a dash, to make a striking impression; be ostentatious or showy.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME dasshen, perh. < ON; cf. Dan daske slap, flap, Sw daska; (n.) ME: blow, clash, deriv. of the v.

Synonyms:
10. dart, bolt. See rush 1 . 11. pinch, bit; touch.

dash

2  [dash]
–verb (used with object) Chiefly British.
to damn (usually used interjectionally).
Origin:
1790–1800; euphemism based on d—n, printed form of damn

dash

3  [dash] (in West Africa)
–noun
1. a tip, bribe, or recompense.
2. bribery.
–verb (used with object)
3. to give a tip or bribe to (esp. a government employee).
Origin:
1780–1790; perh. first recorded in D as dache, dasche (1602); orig. uncert., but often alleged to be < Pg das (you) give (2d sing. pres. indic. of dar to give)
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dash 1   (dāsh)   
v.   dashed, dash·ing, dash·es

v.   tr.
  1. To break or smash by striking violently.
  2. To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence.
  3. To splash; bespatter.
    1. To write hastily. Often used with off: dashed off a note to the dean.
    2. To drink hastily. Often used with down: dashed down a glass of milk.
    3. To add an enlivening or altering element to.
    4. To affect by adding another element or ingredient to: ice cream that was dashed with rum.
    5. To destroy or wreck: Our dreams were dashed. See Synonyms at blast.
    6. To confound; abash.
    1. To add an enlivening or altering element to.
    2. To affect by adding another element or ingredient to: ice cream that was dashed with rum.
    3. To destroy or wreck: Our dreams were dashed. See Synonyms at blast.
    4. To confound; abash.
    1. To destroy or wreck: Our dreams were dashed. See Synonyms at blast.
    2. To confound; abash.
v.   intr.
  1. To strike violently; smash.
  2. To move with haste; rush: dashed to the door.
n.  
  1. A swift, violent blow or stroke: knocked the books to the floor with an impatient dash of his hand.
    1. A splash.
    2. A small amount of an added ingredient: a dash of sherry.
  3. A quick stroke, as with a pencil or brush.
  4. A sudden movement; a rush: made a dash for the exit.
  5. Sports A footrace, usually less than a quarter-mile long, run at top speed from the outset.
  6. A spirited quality in action or style; verve. See Synonyms at vigor.
  7. Either of two symbols, an emdash or an endash, used in writing and in printing.
  8. In Morse and similar codes, the long sound or signal used in combination with the dot and silent intervals to represent letters or numbers.
  9. A dashboard.

[Middle English dashen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish daske, to beat.]
dash 2   (dāsh)   
tr.v.   dashed, dash·ing, dash·es
To damn.

[Alteration of damn.]
dash·ing   (dāsh'ĭng)   
adj.  
  1. Audacious and gallant; spirited.
  2. Marked by showy elegance; splendid: a dashing coat. See Synonyms at fashionable.
dash'ing·ly adv.
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Dashing

Dash"ing\, a. Bold; spirited; showy.

The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. --T. Campbell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : dashing
Spanish: gallardo, apuesto,
German: flott,
Japanese: さっそうとした
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dashing 
1801, "given to cutting a dash," (1786), which was a colloquial expression for "acting brilliantly," from dash in the sense of "showy appearance," which is attested from 1715.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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