Meanings
present singular third person swashes someone's buckle · participle present swashing someone's buckle · participle past swashed someone's buckle · past swashed someone's buckle
- reflexiveTo behave or feel in a swashbuckling manner.
Shiver me timbers and swash my buckle.
2010, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Between the Devil and the Deep: A Memoir of Acting and Reacting4 more examples
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 380Douglas 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 64I seldom swashed my buckle. The most interesting work I did was with the Justice Department Special Investigations division.
2000, Harold Covington, Fire And RainPaige and the pirate swashed their buckles, the witch's eyes sparkling with pleasure.
2007, Scott Ciencin, Constance M. Burge, High Spirits, page 57 - euphemisticTo have sex
He could swash my buckle any time.
2012, June Tate, Riches of the Heart2 more examples
I still wouldn't mind having my buckle swashed by a nice taut blond.
2009, Phillipa Ashley, Just Say Yes“Gonna make you swash my buckle later, m'lady,” he growled against her throat.
2016, Suzanne Halliday, Unforgettable - A nonce verb
You just stay here and swash your buckle.
1983, Lynn Fairfax, Guarded Moments, page 1172 more examples
Swash your buckle right back here. You are in trouble now!
1998, Geralyn Dawson, The Wedding Ransom, page 332“Seek revenge” is an option if avenge doesn't swash your buckle.
2009, Dave Guthmann, Inside a Dog, page 23
Origin
Back-formation from swashbuckle.
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