dashing adj

1 lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: gallant]

2 marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, spiffy, snappy, spruce]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -æʃɪŋ

Adjective

1. Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
2. Chic, fashionable.

   All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.

Verb

dashing

1. present participle of dash

Noun

1. The action of the verb to dash.

Pebble-dashing is a form of finishing to a brick or stone wall. The wall is coated with a mix of sand and cement into which small stones or chips have been mixed. The chips or stones give the finish a 'rough' look. It is also called roughcasting.

Pebbledashing (or roughcasting) is also used to describe a form of external Plastering similar to the above technique.

Notes and references

See also

• Plastering

agile, alert, animate, animated, brave, bravura, braw, breakneck, bright, chic, chichi, classy, clothes-conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, daring, double-quick, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressy, dynamic, eagle-winged, elegant, energetic, exclusive, exhibitionistic, expeditious, express, exquisite, fashionable, fast, flamboyant, flashing, flashy, flaunting, fleet, flying, frilly, frothy, gallant, galloping, gay, genteel, glittering, hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, hustling, impetuous, jaunty, jazzy, keen, light of heel, light-footed, lively, mercurial, modish, natty, neat, nifty, nimble, nimble-footed, nobby, ostentatious, peppy, posh, precipitate, pretentious, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, rakish, rapid, recherche, reckless, ritzy, rousing, running, sharp, showy, sleek, smart, smug, snappy, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spanking, speedy, spiffy, spirited, splashy, splurgy, sporty, spruce, style-conscious, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, swift, swish, trendy, tricksy, trig, trim, vigorous, vivacious, well-dressed, well-groomed, winged, with-it