swash someone's buckle

verb

To behave or feel in a swashbuckling manner.

Meanings

verbswash 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)

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

  1. 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 Reacting
    4 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 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

    I seldom swashed my buckle. The most interesting work I did was with the Justice Department Special Investigations division.

    2000, Harold Covington, Fire And Rain

    Paige and the pirate swashed their buckles, the witch's eyes sparkling with pleasure.

    2007, Scott Ciencin, Constance M. Burge, High Spirits, page 57
  2. euphemisticTo have sex

    He could swash my buckle any time.

    2012, June Tate, Riches of the Heart
    2 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
  3. To subdue or trounce.

    The next time we fence, I'll swash your buckle, lady.

    1985, Linda Barlow ·, Knight of Passion, page 173
    1 more example

    “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
    2 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

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