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swank1 definition

swank (swaŋk)

noun

  1. stylish display or ostentation in dress, etc.
  2. swaggering, ostentatious behavior, speech, etc.

Etymology: orig. slang < dial. vi., akin to OE swancor, pliant, supple, with notion of swinging the body: for IE base see swing

adjective

Informal ostentatiously stylish

intransitive verb

Slang to act in a showy manner; swagger
swank2 definition

swank (swaŋk)

intransitive verb

swink

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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