# swash

> English word · Noun · IPA /swɒʃ/ · frequency rank #74,554

## Definitions
1. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
2. A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
3. A wet splashing sound.
4. A smooth stroke; a swish.
5. A swishing noise.
6. A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
7. A streak or patch.
8. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
9. A blustering noise.
10. swaggering behaviour.
11. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
12. An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

## Etymology
Scandinavian. Compare Swedish dialect svasska, Norwegian svakka, English dialect swack (“a blow”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/swash