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swank
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun swank has 1 sense
- swank(n = noun.attribute) chic, chichi, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness - elegance by virtue of being fashionable; Array is a kind of elegance
has particulars: dapperness, jauntiness, nattiness, rakishness
Derived form adjective swanky1
Verb swank has 1 sense
- swank(v = verb.perception) flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" is one way to display, exhibit, expose
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Adjective swank has 1 sense
- swank(s = adj.all) swanky - imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
swank, n., v., & adj. colloq.
--n. ostentation, swagger, bluff.
--v.intr. behave with swank; show off.
--adj. esp. US = SWANKY.
--n. ostentation, swagger, bluff.
--v.intr. behave with swank; show off.
--adj. esp. US = SWANKY.
Etymology
19th c.: orig. uncert.
THESAURUS
swank
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
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