- full of dash or spirit; bold and lively
- showy; striking; stylish
adjective
The definition of dashing is stylish, full of spirit or bold.
An example of a dashing person is someone who always wears bold, fashion-forward outfits.
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dashing
adjective
- Audacious and gallant; spirited: a dashing young actor.
- Marked by showy elegance; splendid: a dashing sports car.
Related Forms:
- dash′ing·ly
adverb
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Adjective
(comparative more dashing, superlative most dashing)
- Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
- Chic, fashionable.
- All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.
Verb
- Present participle of dash.
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Sentence Examples
- Ashley cried, dashing out of her room.
- Carmen turned toward the house, dashing a tear from her cheek with the back of her hand.
- But you must remember I'm old, and my dashing days are past and gone.
- "Lift it two lines more and it will be just right," cried he in a feeble voice to which he tried to impart a dashing note, ill-suited to his weak figure.
- The French 4th Chasseurs d'Afrique made a dashing charge which drove the Russians off the Fedukhine heights, though at considerable loss.
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