swashbuckle
swashbuckle · swashbuckles · swashbuckled · swashbuckling
To take part in exciting romantic adventuresTo take part in exciting romantic adventures.
Meaning
1 sensesTo take part in exciting romantic adventures.
Origin
A humorous back-formation from swashbuckler or swashbuckling.A humorous back-formation from swashbuckler or swashbuckling.
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Forms
swashbuckles, swashbuckling, swashbuckled, swashbuckled| Base form | swashbuckle · to swashbuckle |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | swashbuckles |
| Present participle | swashbuckling |
| Past simple | swashbuckled |
| Past participle | swashbuckled |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.