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Definitions for Swash

[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, especially 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.
[11] (intr) (esp of water or things in water) to wash or move with noisy splashing
[12] (tr) to dash (a liquid, esp water) against or upon
[13] (intr) archaic to swagger or bluster
[14] Also called: send the dashing movement or sound of water, such as that of waves on a beach Compare backwash
[15] any other swashing movement or sound
[16] a sandbar washed by the waves
[17] Also called: swash channel a channel of moving water cutting through or running behind a sandbank
[18] archaic swagger or bluster a swashbuckler

Words related to Swash

bathe, moisten, dash, sop, wade, strew, slop, soak, paddle, spread, douse, splatter, squirt, sprinkle, plunge, slosh, wet, broadcast, spray, drown

Words nearby Swash

swarth, swarthout, swarthy, swartkrans ape-man, swartzite, swash, swash letter, swash plate, swashbuckle, swashbuckler, swashbuckling

Origin of Swash

First recorded in 1520–30; imitative

Word origin for Swash

C16: probably of imitative origin

Synonyms for Swash

bathe, bespatter, broadcast, dabble, dash, douse, drench, drown, moisten, paddle, plash, plunge, shower, slop, slosh, soak, sop, spatter, splatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, squirt, strew, throw, wade, wallow, wet, get wet