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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. elegance by virtue of being fashionable;
[syn: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word]


VERB (1)

1. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously;
- Example: "he showed off his new sports car"
[syn: flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. imposingly fashionable and elegant;
- Example: "a swank apartment"
[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] [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]
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]