dashing

(verb) run or move very quickly or hastily. Synonyms: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot. Example: "She dashed into the yard."

(verb) break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over. Synonyms: smash, dash. Example: "Smash a plate."

(verb) hurl or thrust violently. Synonyms: crash, dash. Examples: "He dashed the plate against the wall." "Waves were dashing against the rock."

(verb) destroy or break. Synonyms: dash. Example: "Dashed ambitions and hopes."

(verb) cause to lose courage. Synonyms: daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare. Example: "Dashed by the refusal."

(verb) add an enlivening or altering element to. Synonyms: dash. Example: "Blue paint dashed with white."

(adj) lively and spirited. Synonyms: gallant. Example: "A dashing hero."

(adj) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. Synonyms: dapper, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce. Examples: "A dapper young man." "A jaunty red hat."