Noun
the movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach"

Verb
act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

Verb
show off

Verb
dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby''s face with water"

Verb
make violent, noisy movements

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v. t.
An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

v. t.
Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.

v. i.
To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.

v. i.
To fall violently or noisily.

v. i.
To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.

n.
Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.

n.
A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.

n.
Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.

n.
A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.

n.
A swaggering fellow; a swasher.

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Swash

Swash , n. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] (Arch.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. Moxon. Swash plate (Mach.), a revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft.

Swash

Swash, a. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge.

Swash

Swash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swashing.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for sense 3, Sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.] 1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place. 2. To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.] Holinshed. 3. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.

Swash

Swash, n. 1. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water. 2. A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes. 3. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. [Obs.] 4. A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. [Obs.] 5. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.

An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.

To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.

Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.