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Definition of Swash
1. Verb. Make violent, noisy movements.
2. Noun. The movement or sound of water. "The swash of waves on the beach"
3. Verb. Dash a liquid upon or against. "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
Exact synonyms: Plash, Spatter, Splash, Splatter, Splosh
Specialized synonyms: Puddle, Slosh, Slosh Around, Slush, Slush Around
Generic synonyms: Disperse, Dot, Dust, Scatter, Sprinkle
Derivative terms: Plash, Spatter, Spattering, Splash, Splash, Splash, Splashing, Splatter, Splattering
Specialized synonyms: Puddle, Slosh, Slosh Around, Slush, Slush Around
Generic synonyms: Disperse, Dot, Dust, Scatter, Sprinkle
Derivative terms: Plash, Spatter, Spattering, Splash, Splash, Splash, Splashing, Splatter, Splattering
4. Verb. Show off.
Exact synonyms: Blow, Bluster, Boast, Brag, Gas, Gasconade, Shoot A Line, Tout, Vaunt
Specialized synonyms: Puff, Crow, Gloat, Triumph
Generic synonyms: Amplify, Exaggerate, Hyperbolise, Hyperbolize, Magnify, Overdraw, Overstate
Derivative terms: Bluster, Bluster, Blusterer, Boast, Boaster, Brag, Braggart, Bragger, Gasconade, Vaunt, Vaunter
Specialized synonyms: Puff, Crow, Gloat, Triumph
Generic synonyms: Amplify, Exaggerate, Hyperbolise, Hyperbolize, Magnify, Overdraw, Overstate
Derivative terms: Bluster, Bluster, Blusterer, Boast, Boaster, Brag, Braggart, Bragger, Gasconade, Vaunt, Vaunter
5. Verb. Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner.
Exact synonyms: Bluster, Swagger
Generic synonyms: Act, Behave, Do
Derivative terms: Blusterer, Swaggerer
Generic synonyms: Act, Behave, Do
Derivative terms: Blusterer, Swaggerer
Definition of Swash
1. n. An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
2. a. Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.
3. v. i. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
4. n. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
Definition of Swash
1. Noun. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken ¹
2. Noun. (typography) a long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy (plural: ''swashes''). ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To swagger ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To splash ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swash
1. to swagger [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: swagger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swash
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