adj
Meaning 1
bold; dramatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
swash
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /swɒʃ/
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General-American: /swɑʃ/
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rhymes with -ɒʃ
adj
Meaning 2
Having pronounced swashes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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noun
Meaning 3
The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A wet splashing sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A smooth stroke; a swish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A swishing noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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noun
Meaning 9
A streak or patch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
A blustering noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
swaggering behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 14
An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: architecture
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verb
Meaning 15
To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 16
To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 17
To swirl through liquid; to swish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 18
To wade forcefully through liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 19
To swipe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 20
To fall violently or noisily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 21
To streak, to color in a swash.
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noun
Meaning 22
the movement or sound of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the swash of waves on the beach
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Broader terms: wave, moving ridge
verb
Meaning 23
act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: swagger, bluster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, behave, do
verb
Meaning 24
show off
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boast, tout, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
Narrower terms: puff, gloat, triumph, crow
verb
Meaning 25
dash a liquid upon or against
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The mother splashed the baby's face with water
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse
Narrower terms: puddle, slosh, slush, slosh around, slush around
verb
Meaning 26
make violent, noisy movements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
History
Etymology
Scandinavian. Compare Swedish dialect svasska, Norwegian svakka, English dialect swack (“a blow”).
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: kacskaringó — protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces
- Bulgarian: плискам се (pliskam se) — to splash
- Czech: šplouchat — to splash
- Russian: плеска́ться (pleskátʹsja) — to splash
- Ottoman Turkish: صچرامق (sıçramak) — to splash
- Walloon: tchapoter — to splash