swash

Synonyms for swash

verb splash

Antonyms for swash

bubbled

verb. foam, froth up, especially with sound

bubbles

verb. foam, froth up, especially with sound

Word Origin & History

1530s, "the fall of a heavy body or blow," possibly from wash with an intensifying s-. It also meant "pig-wash, filth, wet refuse" (1520s) and may have been imitative of the sound of water dashing against solid objects. The meaning "a body of splashing water" is first found 1670s; that of "a dashing or splashing" 1847.

Example Sentences for swash

The feeble "swash" that answered the shake was not reassuring.

They did as they were bidden, and then the little man said, “Swash, swish!”

They did as they were bidden, and then the little man said, "Swash, swish!"

Over the edge of the swash of a wave I have gathered in oceans and possessed them.

I whispered to him, when I had stepped out into the swash of the rain.

They are getting ready to cut us off this side of the Swash channel!

Deming was drowned, his body flung up by the tide, rolling in the swash.

Soon an uneasy, dancing motion, welcomes her approach to the Swash.

Such a swash of offal as I caught couldn't be found in Gehenna.

Had she seen the Swash, no doubt she would have turned into the bay also.

swash

Synonyms for swash

Antonyms for swash

bubbled

bubbles

spatter

swank

swig

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Antonyms for swash

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bubbles

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Synonyms for swash

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