Word.ws English Dictionary

swashbuckling

swashbuckling adjective: adventurous, exciting.

Adjective

swashbuckling (comparative more swashbuckling, superlative most swashbuckling)

  1. Adventurous, exciting.
    • Brecel's swashbuckling style has endeared him to fans across the world, in particular the manner of his famous victories over O'Sullivan and Si Jiahui on his run to the final.2023 May 1, Steve Sutcliffe, “World Snooker Championship 2023 final: Luca Brecel beats Mark Selby for first world title”, in BBC Sport
    • “Thank you, but I'm gonna come home, like, all the time. Ooh, I want to cuddle that baby!” “And maybe give her some swashbuckling tips?” “Already worried she's going to be deadly. You're going to be such a good mom.”2024 October 24, Keith Foglesong, “Shades of Green” (22:20 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 2, spoken by D'Erika Tendi (Ariel Winter)

swashbuckling meaning in Malayalam

swashbuckling in Malayalam

heroic, daring, daredevil
തകൃതിക്കാരനായ, ധൂർത്തവീരനായ, ധീര, ശൂര, വീര, ഭയമില്ലാത്ത

Antonyms of swashbuckling

Forms of swashbuckling

comparativemore swashbuckling
superlativemost swashbuckling

Origin of swashbuckling

Back-formation from swashbuckler, as though that had been formed as swashbuckle + -er.

Words formed from swashbuckling

Questions about swashbuckling

What does swashbuckling mean?
Swashbuckling means adventurous, exciting.
What is swashbuckling in Malayalam?
Swashbuckling in Malayalam is തകൃതിക്കാരനായ, ധൂർത്തവീരനായ, ധീര. See Swashbuckling meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is swashbuckling?
Swashbuckling is an adjective.

Words near swashbuckling in the dictionary

  1. swashbuckler
  2. swashbucklering
  3. swashbucklers
  4. swashbucklery
  5. swashbuckles
  6. swashbuckling
  7. swashbucklingly
  8. swashed
  9. swashed someone's buckle
  10. swasher
  11. swashers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: swashbuckling (page history and authors); swashbuckling (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “swashbuckling.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/swashbuckling. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.