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    Swank
    /swaNGk/

    verb

    • 1. display one's wealth, knowledge, or achievements in a way that is intended to impress others: British "he was swanking about, playing the dashing young master spy"

    noun

    • 1. behavior, talk, or display intended to impress others: British "a little money will buy you a good deal of swank"

    adjective

    • 1. stylishly luxurious and expensive: North American "they were photographed coming out of some swank nightclub"
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  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › swankSwank Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of SWANK is show off, swagger; also : boast. How to use swank in a sentence.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySWANK | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    to behave or speak too confidently because you think that you are very important, in order to attract other people's attention and admiration: Just because you won, there's no need to swank. People around here don't swank about their money. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off. bravura.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSWANK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    6 days ago · 1. verb. If someone is swanking, they are speaking about things they own or things they have achieved, in order to impress other people. [mainly British, informal, disapproval] I have always been against swanking about all the things I have been lucky enough to win. [VERB + about] [ Also VERB]

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › swankswank verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

    Check pronunciation: swank. Definition of swank verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › swankSwank - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Definitions of swank. adjective. imposingly fashionable and elegant. “a swank apartment” synonyms: swanky. fashionable, stylish. being or in accordance with current social fashions. noun. elegance by virtue of being fashionable. synonyms: chic, chichi, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness. see more. verb.

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › swankSwank Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    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. Similar definitions. A fashionably elegant person. He's such a swank. Wiktionary. Synonyms: last-word. stylishness

  9. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › swankswank | meaning of swank in Longman Dictionary of ...

    swank meaning, definition, what is swank: to speak or behave in a way that shows y...: Learn more.