different between sporting vs dashing

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sp??t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sp??t??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?spo(?)?t??/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?spo?t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??

Verb

sporting

1. present participle of sport

Adjective

sporting (comparative more sporting, superlative most sporting)

1. (not comparable) Pertaining to sports

   He got a job in a sporting goods store.

2. (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.

   Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.

3. (comparable) Fair, generous; ‘game’.

   It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.

4. (not comparable, obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.

Derived terms

• sporting goods
• sporting house
• sporting chance

Translations

Noun

sporting (plural sportings)

1. The act of taking part in a sport.

Anagrams

• ringpost, ringspot

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?dæ???(?)/
• Rhymes: -æ???

Etymology 1

From Middle English daschande, equivalent to dash +? -ing.

Adjective

dashing (comparative more dashing, superlative most dashing)

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

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

Derived terms

• dashingly

Translations

Verb

dashing

1. present participle of dash

Etymology 2

From Middle English dasshyng, dasshynge, equivalent to dash +? -ing.

Noun

dashing (countable and uncountable, plural dashings)

1. The action of the verb to dash.

Anagrams

• shading