swamp
swomp
- n low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
- n a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
he was trapped in a medical swamp - v drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor - v fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
- In Southeast Asian swamplands, it has long been observed that thousands of fireflies flash together, lighting up trees with the regularity of neon signs.
- In a Mississippi swamp to a white father and a black mother is born Precieuse.
- Among the mosquito capitals of the world, the salt marshes of New Jersey, home of the "swamp eagle," still holds its own.