dashing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb run or move very quickly or hastily
   shoot; flash; dart; dash; scud; scoot.
   
   • She dashed into the yard
2. verb break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
   dash; smash.
   
   • Smash a plate
3. verb hurl or thrust violently
   dash; crash.
   
   • He dashed the plate against the wall
   • Waves were dashing against the rock
4. verb destroy or break
   dash.
   
   • dashed ambitions and hopes
5. verb cause to lose courage
   scare away; scare off; frighten off; dash; pall; daunt; scare; frighten away.
   
   • dashed by the refusal
6. verb add an enlivening or altering element to
   dash.
   
   • blue paint dashed with white
7. adjective satellite lively and spirited
   gallant.
   
   • a dashing hero
8. adjective satellite marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
   rakish; spiffy; natty; snappy; raffish; spruce; dapper; jaunty.
   
   • a dapper young man
   • a jaunty red hat

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