1. Dash a liquid upon or against
   "The waves swashed against the rocks";
   - spatter, splatter, plash [rare], splash, splosh [informal]
    
2. Make violent, noisy movements
   "The crowd swashed back and forth"
    
3. [archaic] Show off, esp. with exaggeration
   "He swashed about in his new uniform";
   - boast, shoot a line [informal], brag, gas [informal], blow [informal], bluster, vaunt, gasconade [archaic], skite [Austral, NZ, informal]
    
4. [archaic] Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
   "The new employee swashed about, boasting of his accomplishments";
   - swagger, bluster

1. The movement or sound of water
   "the swash of waves on the beach"

Derived forms: swashed, swashes, swashing

Type of: acquit, act, amplify, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, disperse, do, dot, dust, exaggerate, go, hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, locomote, magnify, move, moving ridge, overdraw, overstate, scatter, sprinkle, travel, wave

Encyclopedia: Swash