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It is at that point that the wave transforms, from an energy-transporting wave of oscillation to a water-moving wave of translation, more commonly known as “swash.”

It was for no lucre of gain I took you and your swash-buckler, your Don Diego yonder, under my poor roof.

Here were poor innocent working men, and here was this bloodthirsty swash-buckler inciting their own brothers to slay them.

Ben Gile began to swash his bucket up and down, up and down, in the stream until the water fairly rocked.

One minute I'd see the skipper and the mate h'isted up in the air, hammerin' for dear life, and then, swash!

Their meek eyes followed him as he stumped into the swash and kicked up two belaying-pins floating in the debris.

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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to swash, such as: bathe, bespatter, broadcast, dabble, dash, and douse.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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