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[ swosh, swawsh ] / swɒʃ, swɔʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR swash ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)to splash, as things in water, or as water does: Waves were swashing against the piers. to dash around, as things in violent motion. verb (used with object)to dash or cast violently, especially to dash (water or other liquid) around, down, etc. nounthe surging or dashing, sometimes violent, of water, waves, etc. the sound made by such dashing: the thunderous swash of the waves. the ground over which water washes. Chiefly Southeastern U.S. a channel of water through or behind a sandbank. Printing. an extending ornamental flourish, as on letters of certain fonts of italic or cursive type. adjectivePrinting. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter. Origin of swashFirst recorded in 1520–30; imitative Words nearby swashswarth, Swarthout, swarthy, Swartkrans ape-man, swartzite, swash, swashbuckle, swashbuckler, swashbuckling, swashing, swash letter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for swashI cannot desert my aunt, nor can I quit the Swash alone in company with her mate. Jack Tier or The Florida Reef|James Fenimore Cooper Stern heard her breath, gasping and quick, above the roar and swash of the mad waters. Darkness and Dawn|George Allan England They are getting ready to cut us off this side of the Swash channel! Macaria|Augusta Jane Evans Wilson As the schooner was anchored, and floated without assistance, the Swash rode by her. Jack Tier or The Florida Reef|James Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for swash
verb(intr) (esp of water or things in water) to wash or move with noisy splashing (tr) to dash (a liquid, esp water) against or upon (intr) archaic to swagger or bluster nounAlso called: send the dashing movement or sound of water, such as that of waves on a beachCompare backwash any other swashing movement or sound a sandbar washed by the waves Also called: swash channel a channel of moving water cutting through or running behind a sandbank archaic - swagger or bluster
- a swashbuckler
Word Origin for swashC16: probably of imitative origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to swashbathe, moisten, dash, sop, wade, strew, slop, soak, paddle, spread, douse, splatter, squirt, sprinkle, plunge, slosh, wet, broadcast, spray, drown |