Found 2 items, similar to swash.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: swash swash n : the movement or sound of water; “the swash of waves on the beach” v 1: make violent, noisy movements 2: dash a liquid upon or against; “The mother splashed the baby's face with water” [syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh] 3: show off [syn: boast, tout, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade] 4: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner [syn: swagger, bluster]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Swash 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Swash \Swash\, a. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge. [1913 Webster] Swash \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. [1913 Webster] 2. To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.] --Holinshed. [1913 Webster] 3. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag. [1913 Webster] Swash \Swash\, n. 1. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 4. A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 5. A swaggering fellow; a swasher. [1913 Webster]