"dashy" meaning in English

See dashy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: dashier [comparative], dashiest [superlative]
Etymology: From dash + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dash|y}} dash + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} dashy (comparative dashier, superlative dashiest)
  1. (colloquial, dated) Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy. Tags: colloquial, dated Related terms: dashing

Inflected forms

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