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