[ UK /swˈɒʃ/ ]
VERB
  1. show off
  2. make violent, noisy movements
  3. dash a liquid upon or against
    The mother splashed the baby's face with water
  4. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
NOUN
  1. the movement or sound of water
    the swash of waves on the beach
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How To Use swash In A Sentence

  • What could stop two swashbuckling heroes from venturing in for another gruelling day larking around in fancy dress? The Sun
  • A dashing swashbuckler of love, loss, and revenge in the midst of a plot to hide a conspiracy involving Napoleon's return to power.
  • He had a swashbuckling posture; but such was his powerful physique and piercing look, it seemed natural rather than boastful or proud. Seminary Boy
  • But there is something very romantic about the notion of the pirate that remains to this day: The skill of two swashbucklers battling on the deck of a ship, the hunt for buried treasure and the thrill of lawlessness.
  • Ferri revealed a madcap brilliance as Katherina, while Bocca's Petruchio buckled his swashes with rare comic flamboyance.
  • Likewise ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ to distinguish from the other films in which Errol Flynn buckled swashes and stuff.
  • Aimed at a teenage audience, it will be swashbuckling without the floppy hats and feathers say the makers.
  • Learning to fence was the consummation of a love affair I'd had with swordplay ever since Errol Flynn first swashbuckled his way across my late-night TV screen as Captain Blood.
  • The success of this cosmopolitan mollusk has much to do with its prowess as a swash rider.
  • For younger visitors, swashbuckling pirates will be hand to entertain, along with magicians, face paintings, musicians and much more.
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