The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swashing \Swash"ing\, a.
Swaggering; hectoring. ``A swashing and martial outside.''
--Shak.Resounding; crushing. ``Swashing blow.''
--Shak.
Swash \Swash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swashing.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for sense 3, Sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.]
To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.]
--Holinshed.To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
Wiktionary
1 swaggering; hectoring. 2 resounding; crushing v
(present participle of swash English)
Usage examples of "swashing".
Stubb at this instant, as a swashing sea heaved up under his own little craft so that its gunwale violently jammed his hand, as he was passing a lashing.
What more they might have said I know not, for my father picked up the great roller wherewith he smoothed the leather, and dashing at them he brought it down on the side of one of their heads with such a swashing blow, that had it not been for his stiff hat the man would never have uttered oath again.
All day it was splashing and swashing through mud and mire, the rain-drops shining on the gun-barrels and dripping from the heavy-footed horses.