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dashing
adj. racing; daring, bold, spirited; showy; dapper, handsome
 
dash
v. move with sudden speed, bolt; shatter; hurl, cast


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dashing
Adjective
1. lively and spirited; "a dashing hero"
(synonym) gallant
(similar) spirited
2. marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
(synonym) dapper, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, spiffy, snappy, spruce
(similar) fashionable, stylish

 
dash
Noun
1. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
(synonym) elan, flair, panache, style
(hypernym) elegance
2. a quick run
(synonym) sprint
(hypernym) run, running
(hyponym) break
(derivation) dart, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
3. a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
(hypernym) track event
4. a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
(synonym) hyphen
(hypernym) punctuation, punctuation mark
5. the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
(synonym) dah
(hypernym) telegraphic signal, radiotelegraphic signal
(part-holonym) Morse, Morse code, international Morse code
6. the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
(synonym) bolt
(hypernym) haste, hurry, rush, rushing
(derivation) dart, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
Verb
1. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
(synonym) dart, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) plunge
(verb-group) tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
(derivation) bolt
2. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
(synonym) smash
(hypernym) break
(verb-group) smash
3. hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
(synonym) crash
(hypernym) hurl, hurtle, cast
4. destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
(hypernym) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
5. cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
(synonym) daunt, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
(hypernym) intimidate, restrain
6. add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white"
(hypernym) mix, mix in



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Dashing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Dash
  
 
(a.)
Bold; spirited; showy.
  

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dashing
adj.
نموديا, بھڑکيل, دکھاؤ, شکوہ باز, شيخي باز

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