daring

• “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently...

Synonyms: audacious dareful bold venturesome adventuresome

• […]By this scimitar, That slew the Sophy and a Persian prince That won three fields of Sultan Solyman, I would outstare the sternest eyes that look, Outbrave the heart most daring on earth, Pluck the young sucking cubs...

Synonyms: courageous adventurous mettlesome aweless bad bold brass-balled chivalrous daredevil daring dauntless doughty fearless fortitudinous gallant gutsy heroic intrepid lionhearted orped plucky stalwart stalworth stouthearted

• Just what I wanted, seeing my mom in a daring bikini—or worse yet, my being in one. I had the perfect drawer I could bury it in. - 2013, Randy Rawls, Best Defense, page 59:

Synonyms: boldness audacity fearlessness balls bield boldhead bravehood braveness bravery courage courageousness daring grit guts heart intrepidity intrepidness mood nerve ovaries pecker pluck spunk steel