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Noun swash has 1 sense

swash - the movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach"
--₁ is a kind of wave, moving ridge

Derived form: verb swash₂

Verb swash has 4 senses

swash - make violent, noisy movements
--₁ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water"
--₂ is one way to scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse

Derived form: noun swash₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade - show off
--₃ is one way to overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
swagger, bluster, swash - act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
--₄ is one way to act, behave, do
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s