dashing

Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.

Adjective

  1. Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
  2. Chic, fashionable.
    • All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.

Origin

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

Forms

more dashing most dashing

Derived

dashingly dashingness geodashing undashing

Noun

  1. The action of the verb to dash.

Origin

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

Forms

dashings

Derived

geodashing

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of dash