About The Word Swash
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Swash Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Swash?
[n] the movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach"
[v] act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner [v] show off [v] dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [v] make violent, noisy movements Synonyms | Synonyms for Swash: blow | bluster | bluster | boast | brag | gas | gasconade | plash | shoot a line | spatter | splash | splatter | splosh | swagger | tout | vaunt Related Terms | Find terms related to Swash: See Also | act | amplify | behave | crow | disperse | do | dot | dust | exaggerate | gloat | go | hyerbolise | hyperbolize | locomote | magnify | move | moving ridge | overdraw | overstate | puddle | puff | scatter | slosh | slosh around | slush | slush around | sprinkle | travel | triumph | wave Swash In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Swash\, a. [Cf. {Swash}, v. i., {Squash}, v. t.] Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge. \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. \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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