swash someone's buckle

English

Etymology

Back formation of swashbuckle

Verb

swash 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)

1. (reflexive) To behave or feel in a swashbuckling manner.
   • 1912, Sidney Robinson Kennedy, Alden Charles Noble, White Ashes, page 380:

     If a man is going to play the swashbuckler, I like to see him able to swash his buckle.

   • 1970, San Diego Magazine - Volume 22, page 64:

     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.

   • 2000, Harold Covington, Fire And Rain:

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

   • 2007, Scott Ciencin, Constance M. Burge, High Spirits, page 57:

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

   • 2010, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Between the Devil and the Deep: A Memoir of Acting and Reacting:

     Shiver me timbers and swash my buckle.

2. (euphemistic) To have sex
   • 2009, Phillipa Ashley, Just Say Yes:

     I still wouldn't mind having my buckle swashed by a nice taut blond.

   • 2012, June Tate, Riches of the Heart:

     He could swash my buckle any time.

   • 2016, Suzanne Halliday, Unforgettable:

     “Gonna make you swash my buckle later, m'lady,” he growled against her throat.

3. To subdue or trounce.
   • 1985, Linda Barlow ·, Knight of Passion, page 173:

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

   • 1996, Scott Ciencin, Thunder Falls, page 63:

     “I'll swash your buckle,” Joseph complained to his friend as he took Teegan's other arm.

4. A nonce verb
   • 1983, Lynn Fairfax, Guarded Moments, page 117:

     You just stay here and swash your buckle.

   • 1998, Geralyn Dawson, The Wedding Ransom, page 332:

     Swash your buckle right back here. You are in trouble now!

   • 2009, Dave Guthmann, Inside a Dog, page 23:

     “Seek revenge” is an option if avenge doesn't swash your buckle.