swash
1 of 4verb
ˈswäsh 
ˈswȯsh
swashed; swashing; swashes
intransitive verb
1
: bluster, swagger
2
: to make violent noisy movements
3
: to move with a splashing sound
transitive verb
: to cause to splash
swash
2 of 4noun (1)
1
: swagger
2
: a narrow channel of water lying within a sandbank or between a sandbank and the shore
3
: a dashing of water against or on something
especially : the rush of water up a beach from a breaking wave
swash
3 of 4noun (2)
: an extended flourish on a printed character
swash
4 of 4adjective
: having one or more swashes
swash capitals
Synonyms
Verb
- lap
- plash
- slosh
- splash
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Example Sentences
Verb waves gently swashing against the shore every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery
Word History
Etymology
Verb
probably imitative
Noun (2)
obsolete English swash slanting
First Known Use
Verb
1556, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Noun (1)
1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1683, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
1683, in the meaning defined above
swashes 1 of 2
verb
1
as in splashes
to move with a splashing motion waves gently swashing against the shore Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- splashes
- ripples
- bubbles
- sloshes
- laps
- gurgles
- plashes
- babbles
2
as in dashes
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery Synonyms & Similar Words
- splashes
- dashes
- sprinkles
- spatters
- sprays
- slops
- sloshes
- washes
- squirts
- laps
- dabbles
- spritzes
- plashes
swashes
2 of 2noun
as in torrents
Synonyms & Similar Words
- torrents
- sluices
- spillways
- sluiceways
- floodways
- gutters
- rivulets
- rivers
- tideways
- waterways
- troughs
- canals
- streams
- flumes
- watercourses
- aqueducts
- millstreams
- conduits
- millraces
- raceways
- channels
- courses
- racecourses