Crossword clues for can-do
The Collaborative International Dictionary
dynamical \dynamical\ adj. [Narrower terms: can-do; driving;
energizing, energising, kinetic; forceful, slashing,
vigorous; projectile; propellant, propellent, propelling,
propulsive; renascent, resurgent; self-propelled,
self-propelling; high-octane, high-powered, high-power,
high-voltage]
[WordNet 1.5] Dynamically \Dy*nam"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving
forces.
--J. Peile.
can-do \can-do\ adj. having an eager willingness to accept and overcome challenges; as, a can-do kind of person; the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit. [slang]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1952, from expression can do "it is possible," literally "(I or we) can do (it)," 1903, perhaps based on earlier no can do (see no).
Wiktionary
a. (context informal English) confident and willing to get a job done.
WordNet
adj. marked by a willingness to tackle a job and get it done; "a can-do kind of person"; "the city's indomitable optimism and can-do spirit"
Usage examples of "can-do".
Like the Environmental Defense Fund with its goofy pollution trading scheme, these groups are mesmerized by can-do entrepreneurs with access to huge mounds of capital and sold on the pleasant if naive idea that the profit motive can be bent to the public good.