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Definitions for Dashing

[1] energetic and spirited; lively: a dashing hero.
[2] elegant and gallant in appearance and manner: a dashing young cavalry officer.
[3] showy; stylish.
[4] to strike or smash violently, especially so as to break to pieces: He dashed the plate into smithereens against the wall.
[5] to throw or thrust violently or suddenly: to dash one stone against another.
[6] to splash, often violently; bespatter (with water, mud, etc.): He recovered consciousness when they dashed water in his face.
[7] to apply roughly, as by splashing: to dash paint here and there on the wall.
[8] to mix or adulterate by adding another substance: to dash wine with water.
[9] to ruin or frustrate (hopes, plans, etc.): The rain dashed our hopes for a picnic.
[10] to depress; dispirit: The failure dashed his spirits.
[11] to confound or abash: His rejection dashed and humiliated him.
[12] to strike with violence: The waves dashed against the cliff.
[13] to move with violence; rush: The horses dashed out of the burning stable.
[14] a small quantity of anything thrown into or mixed with something else: a dash of salt.
[15] a hasty or sudden movement; a rush or sudden onset: They all made a dash for the door.
[16] 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.
[17] the throwing or splashing of liquid against something: the dash of the waves against the dock.
[18] the sound of such splashing: The dash of the waves on the beach could be heard from afar.
[19] spirited action; élan; vigor in action or style: The dancer performed with spirit and dash.
[20] Track . a short race: a 100-yard dash.
[21] dashboard(def 1) .
[22] Telegraphy . a signal of longer duration than a dot, used in groups of dots, dashes, and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.
[23] a hasty stroke, especially of a pen.
[24] Archaic . a violent and rapid blow or stroke.
[25] dash off , to hurry away; leave: I must dash off now. Also dash down . to write, make, accomplish, etc., hastily: We dashed off a letter to announce the news. He dashed down a memo.
[26] to damn (usually used as an interjection).
[27] a tip, bribe, or recompense.
[28] bribery.
[29] to give a tip or bribe to (especially a government employee).
[30] spirited; lively a dashing young man
[31] stylish; showy a dashing hat
[32] to hurl; crash he dashed the cup to the floor ; the waves dashed against the rocks
[33] to mix white paint dashed with blue
[34] (intr) to move hastily or recklessly; rush he dashed to her rescue
[35] (usually foll by off or down ) to write (down) or finish (off) hastily
[36] to destroy; frustrate his hopes were dashed
[37] to daunt (someone); cast down; discourage he was dashed by her refusal
[38] a sudden quick movement; dart
[39] a small admixture coffee with a dash of cream
[40] a violent stroke or blow
[41] the sound of splashing or smashing the dash of the waves
[42] panache; style he rides with dash
[43] cut a dash See cut (def. 33)
[44] the punctuation mark — , used singly in place of a colon, esp to indicate a sudden change of subject or grammatical anacoluthon, or in pairs to enclose a parenthetical remark
[45] the symbol (–) used, in combination with the symbol dot (·), in the written representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes Compare dah
[46] athletics another word (esp US and Canadian) for sprint
[47] informal short for dashboard
[48] informal a euphemistic word for damn (def. 1), damn (def. 2)
[49] a gift, commission, tip, or bribe
[50] to give (a dash) to someone

Words related to Dashing

fearless, debonair, stylish, dapper, plucky, swashbuckling, swish, daring, rousing, dazzling, alert, spirited, keen, swank, animated, smart, adventurous, chic, elegant, exclusive

Words nearby Dashing

dashed, dasheen, dasher, dashi, dashiki, dashing, dashing white sergeant, dashpot, dasht-e-kavir, dasht-e-lut, dasht-i-kavir

Origin of Dashing

31780–1790; perhaps first recorded in Dutch as dache, dasche (1602); origin uncertain, but often alleged to be < Portuguese das (you) give (2nd singular present indicative of dar to give)

Other words from Dashing

dash·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Dashing

C16: perhaps from Fanti

Synonyms for Dashing

dapper, debonair, fearless, plucky, stylish, swashbuckling, alert, animated, daring, dazzling, keen, rousing, smart, spirited, swank, swish, adventurous, chic, elegant, exclusive, exuberant, fashionable, gallant, gay, jaunty, lively, modish, showy, sporty, vivacious