dashing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdæʃɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æʃɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English daschande, equivalent to dash +‎ -ing.

Adjective

dashing (comparative more dashing, superlative most dashing)

1. Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.

   a dashing young officer

2. Chic, fashionable.

   All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.

   That's a rather dashing outfit, even if I do say so.

Derived terms

• dashingly
• dashingness
• geodashing
• undashing

Translations

spirited, audacious and full of high spirits

• Arabic: مُتَحَمِّس (mutaḥammis)
• Bulgarian: жив (bg) (živ), енергичен (bg) (energičen)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 英挺 (jing¹ ting⁵)

  Mandarin: 英挺 (zh) (yīngtǐng)

• Danish: flot
• French: fringant (fr)
• German: schneidig (de)
• Hebrew: נִמְרָץ (he)
• Icelandic: föngulegur (is)
• Italian: focoso (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: feiende flott

• Russian: энергичный (ru) (energičnyj)
• Spanish: enérgico (es)
• Swedish: hurtig (sv), käck (sv)

chic, fashionable

• Arabic: وَسِيم (ar) (wasīm)
• Bulgarian: елегантен (bg) (eleganten)
• Danish: elegant (da)
• Irish: galánta, slachtmhar, innealta, dóighiúil
• Spanish: apuesto (es), guapo (es), galante (es), pinturero (es)
• Swedish: stilig (sv), elegant (sv), tjusig (sv)

Verb

dashing

1. present participle and gerund of dash

Etymology 2

From Middle English dasshyng, dasshynge, equivalent to dash +‎ -ing.

Noun

dashing (countable and uncountable, plural dashings)

1. The action of the verb to dash.

Derived terms

• geodashing

Anagrams

• shading, Gandhis