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Definition: Swashbuckling |
SwashbucklingAdjective1. Flamboyantly adventurous. Noun1. Flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "swashbuckling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1907. (references) |
Synonym: SwashbucklingSynonym: swaggering (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Swashbuckling |
| English words defined with "swashbuckling": Alexandre Dumas ♦ Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Dumas ♦ Fairbanks ♦ Julius Ullman. (references) |
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| "Swashbuckling" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 61.11% of the time. "Swashbuckling" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 61.11% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 27.78% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.56% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
swashbuckling | 6 |
swashbuckling adventure | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "swashbuckling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | самомнителен (bumptious, cocky, conceited, overweening, self sufficient, swanky, uppish, uppity, upstage, vain), безразсъдно авантюристичен, бандитски (tough). (various references) | |
Greek | νταηλίκι (bravado, hectoring), παλληκαρισμόσ (showing off), παλληκαρευομένοσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kérkedés (bluster, brag, bragging, jactation, magniloquence, ostentation, parade, show-off, vaunt), hetvenkedés (bluster, bounce, jactitation, roistering). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 武 小説 (chivalric knight novels, martial arts fiction, swashbuckling stories, wuxia xiaoshuo). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぶきょうしょうせつ (chivalric knight novels, martial arts fiction, swashbuckling stories, wuxia xiaoshuo). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ashbucklingsway.(various references) | |
Russian | хулиганский (ruffianly), безрассудный (blind, daft, dare devil, desperate, foolhardy, foolish, harebrained, hellbent, rash, reckless, temerarious, unreasonable). (various references) | |
Swedish | skrävlande (loudmouthed), våghalsig (daredevil, venturesome, Venturous). (various references) | |
Turkish | palavracılık, palavracı (blowhard, boaster, bouncer, braggart, gasbag, liar, ranter, romancer, storyteller, swaggerer, swashbuckler), farfaracı (chatterer). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | hung hăng (aggressive, heady, scalp, truculent, volcanic), du côn du kề. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Swashbuckling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: washbuckling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "swashbuckling" (pronounced swÄ"shbu'kling) |
| 4 | -k l i ng | buckling, chronicling, chuckling, crackling, duckling, heckling, inkling, pickling, rankling, sparkling, sprinkling, strickling, suckling, tackling, trickling, weakling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, surveilling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-g-h-i-k-l-n-s-s-u-w" | |
-3 letters: backswings. | |
-4 letters: backswing, blackings, caulkings, shackling, shuckings, sucklings, wingbacks. | |
-5 letters: backings, baulking, blacking, blackish, blushing, buckling, bucksaws, bushings, caulking, chalking, chasings, clashing, classing, hackling, hassling, hawkings, huskings, languish, lashings, nilghaus, sackings, sawbucks, sculking, shauling, shawling, shucking, slacking, slashing, slushing, subclans, suckling, swashing, walkings, washings, whacking, whalings, wingback. | |
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