Associations to the word «Swash»

SWASH, noun. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken

SWASH, noun. (typography) a long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.

SWASH, noun. 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.

SWASH, noun. (obsolete) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.

SWASH, noun. (obsolete) A blustering noise.

SWASH, noun. (obsolete) swaggering behaviour.

SWASH, noun. (obsolete) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.

SWASH, noun. (architecture) An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

SWASH, verb. (intransitive) To swagger; to bluster and brag.

SWASH, verb. (intransitive) To dash or flow noisily; to splash.

SWASH, verb. (intransitive) To fall violently or noisily.

SWASH, adjective. Soft, like overripe fruit; swashy; squashy.

SWASH, noun. The movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach".

SWASH, verb. Make violent, noisy movements.

SWASH, verb. Dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water".

SWASH, verb. Show off.

SWASH, verb. Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner.