Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a swasher; swaggering; slashing; dashing.
- Having great force; crushing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Swaggering; hectoring.
- adjective Resounding; crushing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
swash . - adjective swaggering; hectoring.
- adjective resounding; crushing
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Examples
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For two or three mornings accordingly I had seen nothing of Nero; but the third or fourth morning, on/[Page 92]/striking out to swim a few yards, I heard gradually a kind of swashing behind me; looking back, it was Nero out on voluntary humble partnership - ready to swim with me to Edinburgh or to the world's end if I liked!
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They stood at the edges of circular holes in the ice, and after 'swashing' the linen a short time in the water, wrung it with their purple hands.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865
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At times no sounds were heard save the whisperings of the breeze, as it brushed against the spread canvas, or a slight "swashing" in the water as it was broken by the rough timbers of the craft.
The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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I don't see Egyptian protesters swashing their way down the slopes of Davos, swaddled in high-end leather couture!
Richard Cohen Explains Why Egyptians Can't Have Nice Things Jason Linkins 2011
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I don't see Egyptian protesters swashing their way down the slopes of Davos, swaddled in high-end leather couture!
Richard Cohen Explains Why Egyptians Can't Have Nice Things Jason Linkins 2011
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Through my open door I could see water swashing up and down the hall, while half a foot of water creamed and curdled from under my bunk across the floor each time the ship rolled to starboard.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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He just wanted to sit there and listen to the sea swashing between the rocks.
Sunday Salon: Scent of the Night Maxine 2007
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He just wanted to sit there and listen to the sea swashing between the rocks.
Sunday Salon: Scent of the Night Maxine 2007
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He just wanted to sit there and listen to the sea swashing between the rocks.
December 2007 Maxine 2007
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Johnny's out of the picture because he's busy swashing and buckling and Tonto-ing, so it's really like starting anew.
Wait, Now Terry Gilliam Says Johnny Depp is IN The Man Who Killed Don Quixote? | /Film 2009
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