Dictionary

swazz en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /swæz/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Compare phonestheme sw- in e.g. sway, sweep, swerve, swoop.

Meanings

1. (informal, uncountable) curl or spin added when striking a ball hard
   • I think what separates this goal from other volleys I have witnessed ... is the swazz, as the kids say. The ball started so far outside the left post, it had no right to curl back in to that degree and end up in the back, or roof, of the net. 2023 November 27, James Whaling "John McGinn vs Sheffield Wednesday, 2018" in Mark Jones "Alejandro Garnacho stunned Goodison Park on Sunday with his remarkable overhead kick, but what is the best goal you've ever seen live?" Daily Mirror (London)
   • [W]e considered Essien’s strike against Arsenal to be the best of a ridiculously good bunch. Firstly, consider the context. [...] Then, the finish itself. Hit with genuine venom and an outside-of-the-boot swazz that would make Roberto Carlos blush. 2022 December 24, Michael Lee, “Reassessing the December 2006 GOTM contenders from great to best”, in Planet Football:
   • The Croatian controls on his chest before hitting a left-footed volley which swerves and moves in the air but ultimately drifts wide of the far post. "It didn't have quite enough swazz on it," says Wilkins. I believe that's a technical term. 2011 October 30, Evan Fanning, “Tottenham Hotspur v QPR - as it happened”, in The Guardian:

Forms

swazz en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /swæz/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Compare phonestheme sw- in e.g. sway, sweep, swerve, swoop.

Meanings

1. (informal) to play [the ball] with swazz
   • Kvitova sends her wide on the second serve to save the first and then coolly swazzes a forehand down the line. 2019 January 26, Tom Dutton, “Osaka 7-6 5-7 4-3 Kvitova”, in The Evening Standard, London:

Forms

Deriveds

swazzy