swash

  1. Noun.  The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
  2. Noun.  (typography) a long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy (plural: ''swashes'').
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) To swagger.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To splash.

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