swash
Water rushing ashore
Swash is the sound and motion of water splashing or surging, especially waves rushing up a beach: the swash of water against the hull.
To swash is to splash or swagger about noisily.
In typography, swash refers to decorative flourishes extending from letterforms—the elegant tails and loops on fancy capitals.
A swashbuckler was originally one who made noise by striking a sword against a shield; now it means a dashing adventurer or the genre featuring them.
Liquid scattering on impact
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- washClean using liquid
- sprayDispersed liquid droplets
- foamBubble-filled substance
lapping · rush · breaking · slosh · swoosh · ripple · surf · breaker
To grow vigorously
- ornamentThing that beautifies
- tailRear animal appendage
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- curlSpiral or loop form
embellishment · calligraphy · script · letterform · glyph · typeface · font · decorative
Confident, boastful manner
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- panacheFlamboyant confidence of manner
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- daringAdventurous courage
audacity · boldness · showmanship · flourish · dash · flair · braggadocio · swaggering
splash
Liquid scattering on impact
foam · lapping · rush · breaking · slosh · swoosh · ripple · surf · breaker · whitecap
flourish
To grow vigorously
curl · embellishment · calligraphy · script · letterform · glyph · typeface · font · decorative · cursive
swagger
Confident, boastful manner
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- panacheFlamboyant confidence of manner
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
daring · audacity · boldness · showmanship · flourish · dash · flair · braggadocio · swaggering · blustering
strait
Constricted marine passage
course · inlet · outlet · narrow · sandbar · coastal · navigation · waterway · tidal · shoal
splashing
Liquid striking noisily
gurgling · lapping · washing · surging · swishing · gushing · rippling · babbling · murmuring · burbling
- Arabic calligraphykufi, calligrapher, reed pen, bismillah, letterforms
- beach zonewaves, breakers, foam, spray, whitewater
- coastal processeswaves, tides, currents, surf, breakers
- letteringlettering styles, letterforms, calligraphy, hand lettering, handwriting
- script letteringcursive, script font, hand lettering, calligraphy, copperplate
- stylistic flourishesembellishment, ornament, flair, flourish, ornamentation
swashstillness
Complete lack of motion
calm · stagnation · placidity · tranquility · becalmed
- swashbuckling talesDaring adventure fiction
swashbuckling, swashbuckler, swashing, swashed, swashbucklers, swashbuckle