swashing

present participle of swash
1
as in splashing
to move with a splashing motion waves gently swashing against the shore

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2
as in sloshing
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets every bump in the road swashed a little more of my soda on the car's upholstery

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  • Power to the People is a portrait of John and Yoko as a young married couple splashing down in New York City, making friends with the local radicals and con men and boho scenesters.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Monday’s flight was similar to the previous one, again deploying a batch of mock Starlink satellites, briefly re-lighting its engines in space and testing new heat shield tiles during its blazing hot return from space before splashing down west of Australia.
    Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • The instability that followed has haunted Macron ever since and the effects are now rippling through the economy.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the fallout of shuttered government is rippling across the economy.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Swashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swashing. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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