(esp of water or things in water) to wash or move with noisy splashing
2. (transitive)
to dash (a liquid, esp water) against or upon
3. (intransitive) archaic
to swagger or bluster
noun
4. Also called: send
the dashing movement or sound of water, such as that of waves on a beach
Compare backwash
5.
any other swashing movement or sound
6.
a sandbar washed by the waves
7. Also called: swash channel
a channel of moving water cutting through or running behind a sandbank
8. archaic
a.
swagger or bluster
b.
a swashbuckler
Word origin
C16: probably of imitative origin
swash in American English
(swɑʃ; swɔʃ)
verb intransitive
1.
to dash, strike, wash, etc. with a splashing sound; splash
2.
to swagger or bluster
verb transitive
3.
to splash (a liquid), as in a container
noun
4.
a body of swift, dashing water; specif., a channel cutting through or behind a sandbank
5.
a bar washed over by the sea
6.
the splashing of water or the sound of this
7.
a swaggering or blustering action
Word origin
echoic
All related terms of 'swash'
swash plate
a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and either imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis as in a swash plate pump or, conversely , converts reciprocating motion to rotation as in a swash plate motor
swash channel
(esp of water or things in water) to wash or move with noisy splashing
swash letter
a decorative letter , esp an ornamental italic capital
swash letters
italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
swash plate motor
a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and converts reciprocating motion to rotation
swash plate pump
a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis
wobble plate
a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and either imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis as in a swash plate pump or, conversely , converts reciprocating motion to rotation as in a swash plate motor