swank
verb/swæŋk/
/swæŋk/
[intransitive] (old-fashioned, British English, informal, disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they swank | /swæŋk/ /swæŋk/ |
| he / she / it swanks | /swæŋks/ /swæŋks/ |
| past simple swanked | /swæŋkt/ /swæŋkt/ |
| past participle swanked | /swæŋkt/ /swæŋkt/ |
| -ing form swanking | /ˈswæŋkɪŋ/ /ˈswæŋkɪŋ/ |
- to behave in way that is too proud or confidentTopics Personal qualitiesc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: of unknown origin.
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