Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward). · To dash or flow noisily; to splash. · To swirl through liquid; to swish. · To wade forcefully through liquid.
bold; dramatic. · Having pronounced swashes.
The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken. · 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. · A wet splashing sound. · A smooth stroke; a swish.
Scandinavian. Compare Swedish dialect svasska, Norwegian svakka, English dialect swack (“a blow”).
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