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.
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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.
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Swash
\Swash\, a. [Cf.
Swash, v. i.,
Squash, v. t.]
Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge.
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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.
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2. To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
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3. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
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Swash
\Swash\, n.
1. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or
splashing of water.
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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.
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3. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. [Obs.]
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4. A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. [Obs.]
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5. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
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