swashbuckle

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Humorous back-formation from swashbuckler or swashbuckling.

Verb[edit]

swashbuckle (third-person singular simple present swashbuckles, present participle swashbuckling, simple past and past participle swashbuckled)

  1. (intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.