adj
Meaning 1
Fashionably elegant, posh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
swank
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈswæŋk/ without æ-raising
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[ˈswæŋk] without æ-raising
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Canada, US: /ˈsweɪ̯ŋk/
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Canada, US: [ˈsweɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈswɛ̃ŋk/
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Canada, US: [ˈswɛ̃ŋk]
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rhymes with -æŋk
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CMU ARPABET: S W AE1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A fashionably elegant person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Ostentation; bravado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 5
To swagger, to show off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Looks like she's going to swank in, flashing her diamonds, then swank out to another party.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flex, ostentate, strut, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, exhibitionize, figure away, flamboast, flaunt, floss, fluff one's feathers, gallery, high-side, let one's nuts hang, ostent, preen, showboat, show away, show off, strut one's stuff, stunt, swag it out, swagger, swank, three-sheet, venditate, yaya
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
imposingly fashionable and elegant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a swank apartment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swanky
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
elegance by virtue of being fashionable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, last word
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elegance
Narrower terms: jauntiness, nattiness, dapperness, rakishness
verb
Meaning 8
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he showed off his new sports car
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expose, exhibit, display
Narrower terms: flex, splurge
History
Etymology
From dialectal swank (“to strut, behave ostentatiously”), perhaps from an unrecorded Old English root, derived from Proto-Germanic *swankijaną (“to cause to sway, swing”) or from Proto-Germanic *swankaz (“lithe, bendsome, slender”), related to the Scots swank and the Middle High German swanken, modern German schwanken (“to sway”).
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