noun
- a powerful explosive made by soaking nitroglycerin into some absorbent, such as ammonium nitrate and wood pulp
- Informal anything potentially dangerous
Origin:
coined (1866 or 1867) by Alfred Bernhard Nobel < Gr dynamis: see dynamic
transitive verb dynamited, dynamiting
to blow up or destroy with dynamite
adjective
Slang outstanding; very exciting, effective, etc.