Lexic.us

Definition of Swank

1. Noun. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable.

2. Verb. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously. "He showed off his new sports car"

3. Adjective. Imposingly fashionable and elegant. "A swank apartment"

Definition of Swank

1. Adjective. (dated) Fashionably elegant. ¹

2. Noun. A fashionably elegant person. ¹

3. Noun. Ostentation. ¹

4. Verb. To swagger, to show off. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Swank

1. imposingly elegant [adj SWANKER, SWANKEST] / to swagger [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: swagger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swank

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swangs swanherd swanherds swanimote swanimotes swank (current term) swanked swanker swankers swankest

swankey swankeys swankie swankier swankies swankiest swankily swankiness swankinesses swanking

Literary usage of Swank

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Select Committee on Ordnance and War Ships: With an Appendix by United States Congress. Senate, United States, Congress (1886)
"James M. swank, vice-president of the American Iron and Steel Association. ... Mr. swank. I am in my fifty-third year. I have never beeu practically engaged ..."

2. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1902)
"swank, 37 Or. 439 (61 Pac. 846). •NOTE.—Testamentary Capacity OK Affected by Insane Delusions or Old Age—Test of Capacity. ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1828)
"WILLIAM B. ALEXANDERS-FRANCIS swank, AND THOMAS SWANN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, vs. ELISHA BROWN, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Under the law of Virginia, which directs ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on Abstracts and Examinations of Title to Real Property by George William Warvelle (1892)
"swank, 43 Miss. 349; (11I App.) 300. A mechanic may O'Rourke v. O'Connor, 39 Ca1. 442; file his lien against the person who Happin v. Doty, 25 Wis. ..."

5. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1917)
"swank, 43 Miss. 358, defining "innocent purchaser"; Brush T. Ware, 15 Pet. 110, 10 L. Ed. 679, Sitler v. McComas, 66 Md. 140, 6 Atl. 530, and Smith v. ..."

6. Report of the Select Committee on Ordnance and War Ships: With an Appendix by United States Congress. Senate, United States, Congress (1886)
"James M. swank, vice-president of the American Iron and Steel Association. ... Mr. swank. I am in my fifty-third year. I have never beeu practically engaged ..."

7. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1902)
"swank, 37 Or. 439 (61 Pac. 846). •NOTE.—Testamentary Capacity OK Affected by Insane Delusions or Old Age—Test of Capacity. ..."

8. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1828)
"WILLIAM B. ALEXANDERS-FRANCIS swank, AND THOMAS SWANN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, vs. ELISHA BROWN, DEFENDANT IN ERROR. Under the law of Virginia, which directs ..."

9. A Practical Treatise on Abstracts and Examinations of Title to Real Property by George William Warvelle (1892)
"swank, 43 Miss. 349; (11I App.) 300. A mechanic may O'Rourke v. O'Connor, 39 Ca1. 442; file his lien against the person who Happin v. Doty, 25 Wis. ..."

10. Rose's Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports (2 Dallas to 241 by Walter Malins Rose, Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court (1917)
"swank, 43 Miss. 358, defining "innocent purchaser"; Brush T. Ware, 15 Pet. 110, 10 L. Ed. 679, Sitler v. McComas, 66 Md. 140, 6 Atl. 530, and Smith v. ..."

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