dashing
adjective
[ ˈdaʃɪŋ ]
• attractive, adventurous, and full of confidence (typically used of a man).
• "a dashing young pilot"
Similar:
debonair,
jaunty,
devil-may-care,
breezy,
raffish,
sporty,
stylish,
dazzling,
romantic,
attractive,
spirited,
lively,
buoyant,
energetic,
animated,
exuberant,
flamboyant,
dynamic,
gallant,
bold,
intrepid,
daring,
adventurous,
venturesome,
plucky,
swashbuckling,
peppy,
dash
verb
• run or travel somewhere in a great hurry.
• "I dashed into the garden"
Similar:
rush,
race,
run,
sprint,
bolt,
dart,
gallop,
career,
charge,
shoot,
hurtle,
hare,
bound,
fly,
speed,
streak,
zoom,
plunge,
dive,
whisk,
scurry,
scuttle,
scamper,
scramble,
tear,
belt,
pelt,
scoot,
zap,
zip,
whip,
step on it,
get a move on,
hotfoot it,
go hell for leather,
steam,
put on some speed,
go like a bat out of hell,
burn rubber,
bomb,
go like the clappers,
bucket,
put one's foot down,
leg it,
wheech,
boogie,
hightail it,
clip,
barrel,
get the lead out,
cut along,
fleet,
post,
hie,
haste,
drag/tear/haul ass,
• strike or fling (something) somewhere with great force, especially so as to have a destructive effect; hurl.
• "the ship was dashed upon the rocks"
Similar:
hurl,
smash,
crash,
slam,
throw,
toss,
fling,
pitch,
cast,
lob,
launch,
flip,
catapult,
shy,
aim,
direct,
project,
propel,
send,
bowl,
chuck,
heave,
sling,
buzz,
whang,
bung,
yeet,
peg,
hoy,
bish,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘strike forcibly against’): probably symbolic of forceful movement and related to Swedish and Danish daska .
