Swank Definition

swăngk
swankest, swanks, swanker
noun
swanks
Stylishness or elegance.
American Heritage
Stylish display or ostentation in dress, etc.
Webster's New World
Swaggering, ostentatious behavior, speech, etc.
Webster's New World
Swagger or pretension.
American Heritage
A fashionably elegant person.
He's such a swank.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
swanker, swankest
Swanky.
American Heritage
Ostentatiously stylish.
Webster's New World

(dated) Fashionably elegant.

I went to a swank party last night.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
swanks
To act in a showy manner; swagger.
Webster's New World

Swink.

Webster's New World
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Swank

Adjective

Base Form:
swank
Comparative:
swanker
Superlative:
swankest

Origin of Swank

  • Perhaps from swanky, or perhaps from an Old English root, related to the Scots swank and the Middle High German swanken, modern German schwanken (“to sway").

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps akin to Middle High German swanken to swing

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Swank Sentence Examples

  • In Turin he was part-owner of a swank downtown restaurant; he lost money on it.

  • This uber-serious little number comes in just about every uber-serious color, and it is perfect for the office or those swank business dinners you keep charging to the company account.

  • Whether you're attending a cocktail party, a gala, or just a swank dinner at the latest city hot spot, your shoes are as integral to your evening attire as your hair style and handbag.

  • Two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank was born in 1974, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

  • As a teenager struggling to become an actress, Swank and her mother lived in their car until they could afford to rent an apartment.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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