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swashbuckle

swashbuckle verb: to take part in exciting romantic adventures.

Verb

swashbuckle (third-person singular simple present swashbuckles, present participle swashbuckling, simple past and past participle swashbuckled)

  1. (intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.

Forms of swashbuckle

third-person singular presentswashbuckles
present participleswashbuckling
past participleswashbuckled
pastswashbuckled

Origin of swashbuckle

A humorous back-formation from swashbuckler or swashbuckling.

Questions about swashbuckle

What does swashbuckle mean?
Swashbuckle means to take part in exciting romantic adventures.
What part of speech is swashbuckle?
Swashbuckle is a verb.
What is the past tense of swashbuckle?
The past tense of swashbuckle is swashbuckled.

Words near swashbuckle in the dictionary

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

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