Definition of "daring"

daring

/ˈdɛəɹɪŋ/

verb
1. present participle and gerund of dare
adjective
comparative more daring, superlative most daring
1. Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
  Quotations
  “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […] ”
  1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tremarn Case‎
2. Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.
  Quotations
  […] By this scimitar,That slew the Sophy and a Persian princeThat won three fields of Sultan Solyman,I would outstare the sternest eyes that look,Outbrave the heart most daring on earth,Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear,Yea, mock the lion when he roars for prey,To win thee, lady. […]
  c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i]
3. Racy; sexually provocative.
  Quotations
  Just what I wanted, seeing my mom in a daring bikini—or worse yet, my being in one. I had the perfect drawer I could bury it in.
  2013, Randy Rawls, Best Defense, page 59
noun
usually uncountable, plural darings
1. Boldness.