Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Stylishness or elegance.
- noun Swagger or pretension.
- adjective Swanky.
- intransitive verb To move or act ostentatiously or pretentiously; swagger.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Thin; slender; pliant.
- Agile.
- noun See
swang .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective dated Fashionably
elegant . - noun A fashionably elegant person.
- noun
Ostentation . - verb To
swagger , toshow off .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- verb display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
- adjective imposingly fashionable and elegant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They host affairs in swank clubs and glitzy restaurants.
USATODAY.com - Super Bowl is a sweet homecoming for Bettis, fans 2006
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Putin's gang? put enemy combatants up in swank hotels? terrorists do NOT have "rights." if you think Gitmo was "tourture," then you missed my historical examples and perspective of not being the "polite warrior." there is no such thing as a John Kerry "gentle, kinder" type of war. true, ideally, wars should be avoided, but not at the cost of selling one's own life/country out.
Sound Politics: Rahm Emanuel should resign for flirting with underage candidates 2006
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He was evidently, immensely pleased with his own little bit of book-learning; he even insisted on talking and writing Latin -- pure "swank" -- whereas his family would surely have preferred their native Frankish.
From a Terrace in Prague Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
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Sometimes through a touch of Antonio Jobim and Brazilian jazz, or the style of a martini glass, or the breeze through a palm tree, or Diana Krall … and my regular ritual in honor of swank is the Pimm’s Cup.
The Swanky Cocktail « California Life: Better Than Happy Hour 2009
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Sometimes through a touch of Antonio Jobim and Brazilian jazz, or the style of a martini glass, or the breeze through a palm tree, or Diana Krall … and my regular ritual in honor of swank is the Pimm’s Cup.
20 « January « 2009 « California Life: Better Than Happy Hour 2009
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Sometimes through a touch of Antonio Jobim and Brazilian jazz, or the style of a martini glass, or the breeze through a palm tree, or Diana Krall … and my regular ritual in honor of swank is the Pimm’s Cup.
January « 2009 « California Life: Better Than Happy Hour 2009
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After all that trouble, and after all that distressing bathroom damage, the results are pretty freakin 'swank.
lessons in hair dye the_mercury 2007
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While I was out there, I store-hopped and picked up a frame and matting supplies in order to spiffy-fy that sketch I was sent the other day -- and now my work area doth verily look swank, which is quite conducive to um ... working.
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The Hayes Conference Center - and its so-called "swank digs" - offered a venue at less expense than the university.
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And there is to be no "swank" or "side," no putting on airs.
Is the Acton Institute a Genuine Expression of Catholic Social Thought? 2008
kewpid commented on the word swank
Ten times more addictive than marijuana!
October 2, 2008
strev commented on the word swank
So is Hilary
June 23, 2009