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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
swink \swink\, v. i. imp. swank, swonk; p. p. swonken; p.
pr. vb. n. swinking. as. swincan, akin to swingan. see
swing.
to labor; to toil; to salve. obs. or archaic
1913 webster
or swink with his hands and labor. --chaucer.
1913 webster
for which men swink and sweat incessantly. --spenser.
1913 webster
the swinking crowd at every stroke pant "ho." --sir
samuel
freguson.
1913 webster
see also:
swank swonk swonken swinking swing
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
swank
adj : imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"
syn: swanky
n : elegance by virtue of being fashionable syn: chic, chicness,
modishness, smartness, stylishness, last word
v : display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
showed off his new sports car" syn: flaunt, flash, show
off, ostentate
see also:
swanky chic chicness modishness smartness stylishness
last word flaunt flash show off ostentate
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
112 moby thesaurus words for "swank":
babylonian, corinthian, airs, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric,
bounce, brave show, braw, chic, chichi, classy, clothes-conscious,
cock, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, deluxe, dressed to advantage,
dressed to kill, elaborate, elegant, exquisite, extravagant, fancy,
fine, flamboyant, genteel, glorious, grand, grandiose,
highfaluting ways, imposing, impressive, jaunty, lofty airs,
look big, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, natty, neat, nifty,
nobby, noble, ostentatious, palatial, peacock, peacockery,
peacockish, peacockishness, peacocky, plush, pontificate, posh,
prance, pretensions, pretentious, princely, proud, put on,
put on airs, put on side, recherche, ritz it, ritzy, sharp, side,
sleek, smart, smug, snappy, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated,
spiffy, splashy, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, spruce,
stalk, stately, strut, strutting, style-conscious, sumptuous,
superb, superfancy, superfine, swagger, swaggering, swanky, swash,
swashbuckle, swashbucklering, swashbucklery, swashbuckling, swell,
swell it, swish, tony, trendy, tricksy, trig, trim,
vain pretensions, vaporing, well-dressed, well-groomed, with-it
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