adj
Meaning 1
Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dashing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈdæʃɪŋ(ɡ)/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æʃɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: D AE1 SH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Chic, fashionable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The action of the verb to dash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of dash
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a dapper young man
- a jaunty red hat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dapper, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
lively and spirited
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a dashing hero
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gallant
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English daschande, equivalent to dash + -ing.
From Middle English dasshyng, dasshynge, equivalent to dash + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُتَحَمِّس (mutaḥammis) — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Bulgarian: жив (živ) — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Bulgarian: енергичен (energičen) — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Chinese Cantonese: 英挺 (jing1 ting5) — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Chinese Mandarin: 英挺 (yīngtǐng) — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Danish: flot — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- French: fringant — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- German: schneidig — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Hebrew: נִמְרָץ — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Icelandic: föngulegur — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Italian: focoso — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Norwegian Bokmål: feiende flott — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Russian: энергичный (energičnyj) — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Spanish: enérgico — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Swedish: hurtig — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Swedish: käck — spirited, audacious and full of high spirits
- Arabic: وَسِيْم (wasīm) — chic, fashionable
- Bulgarian: елегантен (eleganten) — chic, fashionable
- Danish: elegant — chic, fashionable
- Irish: galánta — chic, fashionable
- Irish: slachtmhar — chic, fashionable
- Irish: innealta — chic, fashionable
- Irish: dóighiúil — chic, fashionable
- Spanish: apuesto — chic, fashionable
- Spanish: guapo — chic, fashionable
- Spanish: galante — chic, fashionable
- Spanish: pinturero — chic, fashionable
- Swedish: stilig — chic, fashionable
- Swedish: elegant — chic, fashionable
- Swedish: tjusig — chic, fashionable
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