Definitions for dashing

Overview of verb dash

The verb dash has 6 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (7) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot

(run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard")

2. (2) smash, dash

(break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate")

3. (1) crash, dash

(hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock")

4. dash

(destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes")

5. daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare

(cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal")

6. dash

(add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white")

Overview of adj dashing

The adj dashing has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) dashing, gallant

(lively and spirited; "a dashing hero")

2. dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce

(marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat")