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swank

1  [swangk] noun, adjective, -er, -est, verb
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–noun
1. dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.
2. a swagger.
–adjective
3. stylish or elegant.
4. pretentiously stylish.
–verb (used without object)
5. to swagger in behavior; show off.
Origin:
1800–10; cf. Scots swank lively, perh. ult. repr. back formation from OE swancor lithe; akin to MD swanc supple, MHG swanken to sway

swank

2  [swangk] ,
–verb
a pt. of swink.

swink

  [swingk] ,verb (used without object), swank or swonk, swonk⋅en, swink⋅ing, noun British Archaic.
labor; toil.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME swinken, OE swincan; akin to swing 1

Related forms:
swinker, noun
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swank   (swāngk)   
adj.   swank·er, swank·est
  1. Imposingly fashionable or elegant; grand. See Synonyms at fashionable.
  2. Ostentatious; pretentious.
n.  
  1. Smartness in style or bearing; elegance.
  2. Swagger.
intr.v.   swanked, swank·ing, swanks
To act ostentatiously or pretentiously; swagger.

[Perhaps akin to Middle High German swanken, to swing.]
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swank 
1809, "to strut" (swanky, n., "attractive young fellow" is recorded from 1508), perhaps related to M.H.G. swanken "to sway, totter," and O.H.G. swingan "to swing." Said to have been a Midlands and southwestern England dialectal word. The noun meaning "ostentatious behavior" is recorded from 1854; adj. sense of "stylish, classy, posh" is from 1913. Swanky is attested from 1842.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : Swank
Spanish: fanfarronear, fardar, darse tono, *humos,
German: die Angeberei,
Japanese: からいばりする
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