dashing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæʃɪŋ(ɡ)/

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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.
2. Chic, fashionable.

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

Derived terms

• dashingly

Translations

spirited, audacious and full of high spirits

• 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

• Bulgarian: елегантен (bg) (eleganten)
• Danish: elegant (da)
• Irish: galánta, slachtmhar, innealta, dóighiúil
• Spanish: apuesto (es), guapo (es), galante (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.

Anagrams

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