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swash someone's buckle

swash someone's buckle verb: to behave or feel in a swashbuckling manner.

Verb

swash someone's buckle (third-person singular simple present swashes someone's buckle, present participle swashing someone's buckle, simple past and past participle swashed someone's buckle)

  1. (reflexive) To behave or feel in a swashbuckling manner.
    • If a man is going to play the swashbuckler, I like to see him able to swash his buckle.1912, Sidney Robinson Kennedy, Alden Charles Noble, White Ashes, page 380
    • Douglas Fairbanks Sr. (who liked to swash his buckle both on- and off-screen ) intended to create a fantasy world of easy living, old Southern California style.1970, San Diego Magazine - Volume 22, page 64
  2. (euphemistic) To have sex
    • I still wouldn't mind having my buckle swashed by a nice taut blond.2009, Phillipa Ashley, Just Say Yes
    • He could swash my buckle any time.2012, June Tate, Riches of the Heart
  3. To subdue or trounce.
    • The next time we fence, I'll swash your buckle, lady.1985, Linda Barlow ·, Knight of Passion, page 173
    • “I'll swash your buckle,” Joseph complained to his friend as he took Teegan's other arm.1996, Scott Ciencin, Thunder Falls, page 63
  4. A nonce verb
    • You just stay here and swash your buckle.1983, Lynn Fairfax, Guarded Moments, page 117
    • Swash your buckle right back here. You are in trouble now!1998, Geralyn Dawson, The Wedding Ransom, page 332

Forms of swash someone's buckle

third-person singular presentswashes someone's buckle
present participleswashing someone's buckle
past participleswashed someone's buckle
pastswashed someone's buckle

Origin of swash someone's buckle

Back-formation from swashbuckle.

Questions about swash someone's buckle

What does swash someone's buckle mean?
Swash someone's buckle means to behave or feel in a swashbuckling manner.
What part of speech is swash someone's buckle?
Swash someone's buckle is a verb.
What is the past tense of swash someone's buckle?
The past tense of swash someone's buckle is swashed someone's buckle.

Words near swash someone's buckle in the dictionary

  1. swash
  2. swash letter
  3. swash letters
  4. swash plate
  5. swash plates
  6. swash someone's buckle
  7. swash-work
  8. swashbuckle
  9. swashbuckled
  10. swashbuckler
  11. swashbucklering

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