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Swashing

To swagger; to bluster and brag.

📖 Definitions of "Swashing"

verb
  1. 1

    To swagger; to bluster and brag.

  2. 2

    To dash or flow noisily; to splash.

  3. 3

    To fall violently or noisily.

noun
  1. 1

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

adjective
  1. 1

    Swaggering; hectoring.

  2. 2

    Resounding; crushing.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Swashing"

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WordDefinition
plashverb(intransitive) To splash.
gasverb(transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.
spatterverb(transitive) To splash (someone or something) with small droplets.
splatterverb(intransitive) To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess.
sploshverbTo splash with a heavy splashing sound.
splashverb(intransitive) To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
blowverb(intransitive) To produce an air current.
toutverb(transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
swaggerverbTo behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.
blusterverbTo speak or protest loudly.
vauntverb(transitive) To speak boastfully about.
bragverb(intransitive, often with of) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.
boastverb(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
gasconadeverb(obsolete, derogatory) To talk boastfully.
shoot a lineverbshow off
swashy(informal) swashbuckling
swacking(slang) Huge; whopping.
stompingnounThe act of one who stomps.
swishynoun(British) Swish; fancy, posh, impressive.
aswishSwishing, making a rustling sound while moving.

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