dashing

dashing
adjective
schneidig
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adjective (smart and lively: a dashing young man; She looks very dashing in her new clothes.) flott
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dash·ing
[ˈdæʃɪŋ]
adj (dated) schneidig, forsch, flott, fesch
\dashing young man flotter junger Mann
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['dʃɪŋ] (dated)
adj
1) (= showy, stylish) person schneidig, flott; moustache, clothes schneidig

to cut a dashing figure — flott or schneidig aussehen

2) (= spirited) person temperamentvoll; (= dynamic) dynamisch; action unerschrocken

a dashing young officer — ein zackiger junger Offizier

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dashing adj (adv dashingly)
1. schneidig, forsch, verwegen
2. flott, elegant, fesch
3. klatschend, schlagend
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adjective
schneidig
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adj.
schmettern adj.
schneidig adj.
zerschmetternd adj.

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