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swash
- pronunciation:
- swash
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
swashed, swashes, swashing |
| definition 1: |
to splash, as moving water or something in water does.
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| definition 2: |
to move about very rapidly; dash to and fro.
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| definition 3: |
to have an insolent or boastful manner; swagger.
- similar words:
- swagger
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| related words: |
brag, dabble, lap |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to splash (liquid) around.
- similar words:
- dash
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| definition 2: |
to splash liquid against (a surface).
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| related words: |
douse |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a splash of liquid or the sound it makes.
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| definition 2: |
ground over which water washes and retreats; a littoral or sandbar.
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| definition 3: |
a narrow water channel through or around a sandbank, through which tides ebb and flow.
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| definition 4: |
a boastful, insolent manner or talk; swagger.
- similar words:
- swagger
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| derivation: |
swashingly (adv.) |
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