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swash 
[swosh, swawsh] Pronunciation Key
[swosh, swawsh] Pronunciation Key –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
–adjective
| 1. | to splash, as things in water, or as water does: Waves were swashing against the piers. |
| 2. | to dash around, as things in violent motion. |
| 3. | to swagger. |
| 4. | to dash or cast violently, esp. to dash (water or other liquid) around, down, etc. |
| 5. | the surging or dashing, sometimes violent, of water, waves, etc. |
| 6. | the sound made by such dashing: the thunderous swash of the waves. |
| 7. | the ground over which water washes. |
| 8. | Chiefly Southeastern U.S. a channel of water through or behind a sandbank. |
| 9. | Printing. an extending ornamental flourish, as on letters of certain fonts of italic or cursive type. |
| 10. | Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter. |
[Origin: 1520–30; imit.]
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| swash
(swŏsh, swôsh) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. swashed, swash·ing, swash·es v. intr.
v. tr.
[Probably imitative.] |
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| up·rush
(ŭp'rŭsh') Pronunciation Key
n. The rush of water from a breaking wave onto a beach. Also called swash. |
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swash
swash
1538, "the fall of a heavy body or blow," possibly from wash with an intensifying s-. It also meant "pig-wash, filth, wet refuse" (1528) and may have been imitative of the sound of water dashing against solid objects. The meaning "a body of splashing water" is first found 1671; that of "a dashing or splashing" 1847.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| swash | |
noun | |
| 1. | the movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach" |
verb | |
| 1. | make violent, noisy movements |
| 2. | dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: spatter] |
| 3. | show off |
| 4. | act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner [syn: swagger] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Swash
Swash\, n. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] (Arch.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. --Moxon. Swash plate (Mach.), a revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft.
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Swash
Swash\, a. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge.
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Swash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swashing.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for sense 3, Sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.]1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place. 2. To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.] --Holinshed. 3. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
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Swash\, n. 1. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water. 2. 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. 3. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. [Obs.] 4. A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. [Obs.] 5. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
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