swashbuckle
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of swashbuckle
First recorded in 1895–1900; back formation from swashbuckler
Example Sentences
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Sterling K. Brown, an executive producer, plays Medwin, a character much expanded from the novel, the unofficial mayor of the Black community who will swashbuckle in when a day needs to be saved.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025
Intrigue abounds, not least over whether England can swashbuckle their way to success against an Australian bowling attack that is pound-for-pound the best on the planet.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023
Abrams said audiences should expect “great, daring swashbuckle fun” as Rey, Poe and Finn team together, a “moving” story and even “horror” at times.
From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2019
Photograph: Allstar One, two, swashbuckle my shoe: history's bow tie spins in horror as 15th-century polymath is recast as wisecrackin' action hunk.
From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2013
These men, it might be noticed, were the congenital adventurers, men who needed to swashbuckle and revel in the name of individualist.
From Rastignac the Devil by Farmer, Philip José
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