- to splash, as things in water, or as water does: Waves were swashing against the piers.
- to dash around, as things in violent motion.
- to swagger.
- to dash or cast violently, especially to dash (water or other liquid) around, down, etc.
- the surging or dashing, sometimes violent, of water, waves, etc.
- the sound made by such dashing: the thunderous swash of the waves.
- the ground over which water washes.
- a channel of water through or behind a sandbank.
- an extending ornamental flourish, as on letters of certain fonts of italic or cursive type.
- noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- (esp of water or things in water) to wash or move with noisy splashing
- to dash (a liquid, esp water) against or upon
- to swagger or bluster
- the dashing movement or sound of water, such as that of waves on a beach
- any other swashing movement or sound
- a sandbar washed by the waves
- a channel of moving water cutting through or running behind a sandbank
- archaic
- swagger or bluster
- a swashbuckler
