[syn: swank, swanky]
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]
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Or swink with his hands and labor. --Chaucer.
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For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser.
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The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." --Sir
Samuel
Freguson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
swank
adj 1: imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"
[syn: swank, swanky]
n 1: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic,
chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness,
stylishness, swank, last word]
v 1: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
showed off his new sports car" [syn: flaunt, flash,
show off, ostentate, swank]