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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swash•ing (swosh′ing, swô′shing),USA pronunciation adj. - tending to swash:swashing water.
- swashbuckling.
swash′ing•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swash (swosh, swôsh),USA pronunciation v.i. - to splash, as things in water, or as water does:Waves were swashing against the piers.
- to dash around, as things in violent motion.
- to swagger.
v.t. - to dash or cast violently, esp. to dash (water or other liquid) around, down, etc.
n. - the 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.
- Oceanography, Dialect Terms, Nautical[Chiefly Southeastern U.S.]a channel of water through or behind a sandbank.
- Printingan extending ornamental flourish, as on letters of certain fonts of italic or cursive type.
adj. - Printingnoting or pertaining to a character having a swash:a swash letter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swash /swɒʃ/ vb - (intransitive) (esp of water or things in water) to wash or move with noisy splashing
- (transitive) to dash (a liquid, esp water) against or upon
- (intransitive) archaic to swagger or bluster
n
Also called: send the dashing movement or sound of water, such as that of waves on a beach- any other swashing movement or sound
- Also called: swash channel a channel of moving water cutting through or running behind a sandbank
- archaic swagger or bluster
Etymology: 16th Century: probably of imitative origin |