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dashing en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdæʃɪŋ(ɡ)/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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.

Forms

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most dashing Degree=Sup lexicographic
more dashing Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

undashing · geodashing · dashingness · dashingly

Translations (30)

yue 英挺 (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · sv elegant (chic, fashionable) · ga slachtmhar (chic, fashionable) · sv tjusig (chic, fashionable) · ga dóighiúil (chic, fashionable) · is föngulegur (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · da flot (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · it focoso (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · ar مُتَحَمِّس (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · ar وَسِيْم (chic, fashionable) · he נִמְרָץ (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · de schneidig (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · bg жив (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · sv hurtig (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · es apuesto (chic, fashionable) · nb feiende flott (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · bg елегантен (chic, fashionable) · bg енергичен (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · cmn 英挺 (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · sv käck (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · es galante (chic, fashionable) · es enérgico (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · ga galánta (chic, fashionable) · es guapo (chic, fashionable) · fr fringant (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · es pinturero (chic, fashionable) · da elegant (chic, fashionable) · ru энергичный (spirited, audacious and full of high spirits) · sv stilig (chic, fashionable) · ga innealta (chic, fashionable)

dashing en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdæʃɪŋ(ɡ)/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of dash
    form of dash

dashing en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdæʃɪŋ(ɡ)/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to dash.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dashings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

geodashing