batter vs swash

batter

verb
  • 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.). 

noun
  • 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. 

swash

verb
  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

adj
  • bold; dramatic. 

  • Having pronounced swashes. 

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