To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
To defeat soundly; to thrash.
To intoxicate.
To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
A paste of clay or loam.
An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
A binge; a heavy drinking session.
The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
The player now receiving strike; the striker.
A player of the batting side now on the field.
Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
To fall violently or noisily.
To swipe.
To streak, to color in a swash.
To wade forcefully through liquid.
To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).
To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
To swirl through liquid; to swish.
A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
A smooth stroke; a swish.
A wet splashing sound.
The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.
A streak or patch.
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 swishing noise.
An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
bold; dramatic.
Having pronounced swashes.