'Dashing' definitions:
Definition of 'dashing'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Dashing'
From: GCIDE
- Dash \Dash\ (d[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]
- 1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. [1913 Webster]
- If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. --Ps. ii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To perplex and dash Maturest counsels. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture. [1913 Webster]
- I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- The very source and fount of day Is dashed with wandering isles of night. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dashing'
From: GCIDE
- Dashing \Dash"ing\, a. Bold; spirited; showy. [1913 Webster]
- The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. --T. Campbell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dashing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agile,
- alert,
- animate,
- animated,
- brave,
- bravura,
- braw,
- breakneck,
- bright,
- chic,
- chichi,
- classy,
- clothes-conscious,
- cosmopolitan,
- dapper,
- daring,
- double-quick,
- dressed to advantage,
- dressed to kill,
- dressy,
- dynamic,
- eagle-winged,
- elegant,
- energetic,
- exclusive,
- exhibitionistic,
- expeditious,
- express,
- exquisite,
- fashionable,
- fast,
- flamboyant,
- flashing,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- fleet,
- flying,
- frilly,
- frothy,
- gallant,
- galloping,
- gay,
- genteel,
- glittering,
- hair-trigger,
- hasty,
- headlong,
- hustling,
- impetuous,
- jaunty,
- jazzy,
- keen,
- light of heel,
- light-footed,
- lively,
- mercurial,
- modish,
- natty,
- neat,
- nifty,
- nimble,
- nimble-footed,
- nobby,
- ostentatious,
- peppy,
- posh,
- precipitate,
- pretentious,
- prompt,
- quick,
- quick as lightning,
- quick as thought,
- rakish,
- rapid,
- recherche,
- reckless,
- ritzy,
- rousing,
- running,
- sharp,
- showy,
- sleek,
- smart,
- smug,
- snappy,
- snazzy,
- soigne,
- soignee,
- sophisticated,
- spanking,
- speedy,
- spiffy,
- spirited,
- splashy,
- splurgy,
- sporty,
- spruce,
- style-conscious,
- stylish,
- swank,
- swanky,
- swell,
- swift,
- swish,
- trendy,
- tricksy,
- trig,
- trim,
- vigorous,
- vivacious,
- well-dressed,
- well-groomed,
- winged,
- with-it