Swank

Pronunciation

• IPA: /swæŋk/
• US IPA: /sweɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -æŋk

Origin

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").

Full definition of swank

Adjective

1. (dated) Fashionably elegant.I went to a swank party last night.

Noun

1. A fashionably elegant person.He's such a swank.
2. Ostentation.The parvenu was full of swank.
• Fitzgerald Gatsby|INot even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body--he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat.

Verb

1. To swagger, to show off.Looks like she's going to swank in, flashing her diamonds, then swan out to another party.

Anagrams

• knaws
• wanks