dashing
adjectiveDefinition of dashing
1 : marked by vigorous action : spirited a dashing young horse
2 : marked by smartness especially in dress and manners
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adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, emboldened, enterprising, free-swinging, gutsy, hardy, nerved, nervy, venturesome, venturous
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Cold Iron Pictures Please, try to name a more dashing corpse. — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, "The Best Daniel Movies Ranked by Overwhelming Hotness," 1 June 2018 Another young actor nominated for the first time is Timothee Chalamet, who looks very dashing tonight. — Matt Miller, Esquire, "Jimmy Kimmel's Oscar Monologue Set the Stage for an Impassioned Night in Hollywood," 5 Mar. 2018 Another young actor nominated for the first time is Timothee Chalamet, who looks very dashing tonight. — Cosmopolitan, "Jimmy Kimmel Didn’t Shy Away From Time's Up in His Opening Monologue at the 2018 Oscars," 5 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dashing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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The first known use of dashing was circa 1697
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