swashing

[ swosh-ing, swaw-shing ]

adjective

1. tending to swash:

   swashing water.

2. swashbuckling.

Other Words From

• swashing·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of swashing¹

First recorded in 1550–60; swash + -ing ²

Example Sentences

This swashing affects not only the broken part of the waves, but all the water between the outer breaker and the shore.

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Even in Grave V. at Mycenae, we have a sword blade so massive at the top that it was certainly capable of a swashing blow.

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She was noticeably down by the head, and black water was swashing forward of the break of the main-deck.

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The swashing of the water made a sound (pluk, pluk, pluk, pluk) resembling that of the viscera of a bear as he moves along.

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She sounded almost atop of us, and the whistling was followed by a swashing of water as though her propeller had been reversed.

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