Collins English-English Dictionary

swash [swɒʃ]

1. 1. n send the dashing movement or sound of water, such as that of waves on a beach - Compare backwash

2. 2. n swash channel a channel of moving water cutting through or running behind a sandbank

3. 3. vi. [intr] (esp of water or things in water) to wash or move with noisy splashing

4. 4. vt. [tr] to dash (a liquid, esp water) against or upon

5. 5. vi. [intr] [Archaic] to swagger or bluster

6. 6. n any other swashing movement or sound

7. 7. n a sandbar washed by the waves

8. 8. n [Archaic] swagger or bluster

9. 9. n a swashbuckler

10. 10. n [Etymology] C16: probably of imitative origin