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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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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

The Sun newspaper reported that Harry will no longer be able to wear military uniform at official events, including the dashing red Royal Marines uniform he wore in March last year.

That intelligence later caught the eye of the dashing Franklin Roosevelt, a somewhat-distant cousin who courted her with the nose-holding approval of his mother.

The Ellsberg of 2021 bears a strong resemblance to the brilliant, dashing character at the center of one of the most pivotal moments in legal and journalistic history.

Sidney Poitier, the dashing, trailblazing star of stage and screen, has received countless accolades and awards as one of Hollywood’s most revered icons.

There are chic copitas for sipping mezcal and a dashing ice scooping set too.

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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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