swashing

American  

[swosh-ing, swaw-shing] / ˈswɒʃ ɪŋ, ˈswɔ ʃɪŋ /

adjective

1. tending to swash.

   swashing water.

2. swashbuckling.

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Other Word Forms

• swashingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of swashing

First recorded in 1550–60; swash + -ing ²

Example Sentences

It also hints that surfactants might someday be used to control bacterial movement depending on whether microbes are swashing or swarming.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

The swashing effect begins when bacteria consume fermentable sugars such as glucose, maltose, or xylose.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Without them, bacteria cannot produce the fluid flows needed for swashing.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Because at one point there’s a drawing on the page of what sword swashing looks like—just a crazy scribble, like at the end of a fancy old time signature.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2016

You did look so melancholy swashing about on this lonely beach.”

From The Pines of Lory by Mitchell, John Ames