Swash

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A splash of water or other liquid hitting a solid surface.
  • n. The sound of such a splash.
  • n. A narrow channel through which tides flow.
  • n. A bar over which waves wash freely.
  • n. See uprush.
  • n. Swagger or bluster.
  • n. A swaggering or blustering person.
  • verb-intransitive. To strike, move, or wash with a splashing sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To swagger.
  • v. To splash (a liquid).
  • v. To splash a liquid against.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken
  • n. a long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
  • n. A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
  • n. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
  • n. A blustering noise.
  • n. swaggering behaviour.
  • n. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
  • v. To swagger
  • v. To splash
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
  • adj. Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.
  • verb-intransitive. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash.
  • verb-intransitive. To fall violently or noisily.
  • verb-intransitive. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
  • n. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
  • n. A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
  • n. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
  • n. A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.
  • n. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To spill or splash water about; dash or flow noisily; splash.
  • To fall violently or noisily.
  • To bluster; make a great noise; make a show of valor; vapor; brag.
  • To dash about violently; strike violently.
  • n. A dashing or splashing of water; splash.
  • n. Liquid filth; wash; hogwash.
  • n. A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand-bank, or between that and the shore. Also swash channel, swashway.
  • n. A low coast-belt or tract of country covered with mangroves, and liable to be submerged or inundated at certain seasons.
  • n. A blustering noise; a vaporing.
  • n. A roaring blade; a swaggerer; a swasher.
  • Soft; watery, like fruit too ripe. Also swashy.
  • n. In architecture, an oval figure formed by moldings which are placed obliquely to the axis of the work.
  • See swash-letters.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make violent, noisy movements
  • n. the movement or sound of water
  • v. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
  • v. dash a liquid upon or against
  • v. show off
  • Verb Form
    swashed    swashes    swashing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    locomote    travel    move    go    moving ridge    wave    do    act    behave   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    swashy    bluster    wash    swasher    splash    swagger    boast    channel    bare   
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