swish-swashn.adv.
/ˈswɪʃˌswɒʃ/ A. n.† 2. A violent or swaggering person. Also attributive. Cf. swashbuckler n. Obsolete.
1. An inferior or wishy-washy drink. Also attributive.
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the world > food and drink > drink > types or qualities of beverage > [noun] > watery drink
swish-swasha1549
lap1567
wish-wash1786
slosh1819
slumgullion1872
gnat's piss1959
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) ii. 126 Swyshe swashe metheglyn I take for my fees.
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 96/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I There is a kind of swish swash made also in Essex,..wyth Hony and water, which the countrey wiues putting some pepper & a little other spyce among, call meade.
1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 49 It was sad swish-swash stuff, an nut hoaf boilt.
1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. IV. ii. Introd. 55 The small sour swish-swash of the poorer vintages of France.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person
jettera1400
flirdom?a1500
facerc1500
termagant1508
rutterkina1529
bellomy1535
bystour1535
roister1549
swash1549
rush-buckler1551
roisterkin1553
swashbuckler1560
dash-buckler1567
swinge-buckler?1577
whiffler1581
huff-snuff1582
swish-swash1582
fixnet1583
swag1588
swasher?1589
kill-cow1590
roister-doister1592
dagger1597
flaunting Fabian1598
tisty-tosty1598
huff-cap1600
swaggerer1600
burgullian1601
huff-muff1602
tear-cat1606
blusterer1609
wag-feather1611
wind-cutter1611
bilbo-lorda1625
tearer1633
cacafuegoa1640
bravado1643
Hector1655
scaramouch1662
swashado1663
huffer1664
bluster-mastera1670
Drawcansir1672
bully huff1673
huff1674
belswagger1680
valienton1681
blunderbuss1685
Draw can bully1698
bouncer1764
Bobadil1771
bounce1819
pistol1828
sacripant1829
hufty1847
bucko1883
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > masterful or bullying > person
slasher1559
cutter1569
bangsterc1570
hackster1574
hacker1576
swish-swash1582
burgullian1601
bully1604
bully ruffian1653
huff1674
bully-back1693
bully beau1696
shoulder-hitter1856
shoulder-striker1860
whitecapper1887
Macoute1991
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 63 Vp to the sky reatching, thee breetherne swish swash of Ætna.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation sig. Ff4v Quiet thy rage, Imperious Swish-swash.
B. adv.
expressing alternation or repetition of a swishing movement.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adverb] > with swishing or swooshing
swish-swash1865
swoosh1924
swooshy1967
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adverb] > rushing sibilant sound > swish
swish, swish1833
swish1837
swish-swash1865
1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. ix. 60 And still the instrument of torture went swish-swash round his little thin legs.
1913 M. Roberts Salt of Sea xix. 461 The sea had a motion in it, up and down, swish-swash.
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