Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: swank
IPA transcription: [sw'æŋk]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: swank, swanky
    Meaning: imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last_word
    Meaning: elegance by virtue of being fashionable
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: flaunt, flash, show_off, ostentate, swank
    Meaning: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
Usage examples
  • Dundee crossed the room, stepping over the dead man's stick--a swank affair of dark, polished wood, with a heavy knob of carved onyx, which lay about a foot beyond the reach of the curled fingers of the stiff right hand.