A Topical Dictionary: Search for swank

Dictionary Results For "swank" [?]/[OPML]

Ads By Google

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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 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]

Moby Dictionary
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