swashing

English

Verb

swashing

1. present participle of swash

Adjective

swashing (comparative more swashing, superlative most swashing)

1. Swaggering; hectoring.
   • circa 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It‎^[1], Act 1, Scene 3:

     We’ll have a swashing and martial outside
     As many other mannish cowards have
     That do outface it with their semblances.

2. Resounding; crushing.
   • circa 1594, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet‎^[2], Act 1, Scene 1:

     Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.

Noun

swashing (plural swashings)

1. A back-and-forth movement of liquid; a swish or swash.

Anagrams

• washings