swashing
[ swosh-ing, swaw-shing ]
adjective
tending to swash: swashing water.
Origin of swashing
1Other words from swashing
- swash·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby swashing
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How to use swashing in a sentence
This swashing affects not only the broken part of the waves, but all the water between the outer breaker and the shore.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerEven in Grave V. at Mycenae, we have a sword blade so massive at the top that it was certainly capable of a swashing blow.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangShe was noticeably down by the head, and black water was swashing forward of the break of the main-deck.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayThe swashing of the water made a sound (pluk, pluk, pluk, pluk) resembling that of the viscera of a bear as he moves along.
Pomo Bear Doctors | Samuel Alfred BarrettShe sounded almost atop of us, and the whistling was followed by a swashing of water as though her propeller had been reversed.
Virginia: The Old Dominion | Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins
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