[swosh, swawsh] 
| 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. |
| swash (swŏsh, swôsh) n.
v. intr.
[Probably imitative.] |
| up·rush (ŭp'rŭsh') n. The rush of water from a breaking wave onto a beach. Also called swash. |