swankn.¹

Etymology: ?

dialect.

(See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > specific quantity of

cue1603

cee1605

jug?1635

gun1674

ale kilderkin1704

swank1726

nip1736

pint1742

pt.1850

yard of ale1872

square1882

half1888

butcher1889

rabbit1895

rigger1911

sleever1936

tank1936

middy1941

tallboy1956

tube1969

tinnie1974

1726 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) A swank (at Bocking in Essex) that Remainder of Liquor at the Bottom of a Tankard, Pot or Cup, which is just sufficient for one Draught; which is not accounted good Manners to divide with the left Hand Man; and according to the Quantity is called either a large or a little Swank.

1813 Monthly Mag. 36 520 [At Braintree, Essex] A pint of beer is divided into three parts or draughts; the first is called Neckum, the second Sinkum, and the third Swank or Swankum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

swankn.²

Brit.

/swaŋk/, U.S.

/swæŋk/

Etymology: see swank v.

slang.

1. Ostentatious or pretentious behaviour or talk; swagger; pretence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun]

boast1297

strut1303

bombancec1325

bobantc1330

bobancec1380

ambitionc1384

oliprancec1390

pretence?a1439

ostentationa1475

pransawtea1500

bravity1546

finesse1549

bravery1573

overlashing1579

brave1596

peacockry1596

garishness1598

maggot ostentation1598

ostent1609

flaunta1625

spectability1637

vantation1637

fastuousness1649

fastuosity1656

finery1656

parade1656

phantastry1656

ostentatiousness1658

éclat1704

pretension1706

braw1724

swell1724

showiness1730

ostensibility1775

fanfaronade1784

display1816

showing off1822

glimmer1827

tigerism1836

peacockery1844

show-off1846

flare1847

peacockism1854

swank1854

tigerishness1869

flashness1888

flamboyance1891

peacockishness1892

flamboyancy1896

swankiness1920

plushness1949

glitziness1982

fantasia-

fantastication-

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 313 Swank, an ostentatious air, an affectation of stateliness in the walk. ‘What a swank he cuts!’

1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire Swank, s. and v., swagger.

1905 Daily Chron. 17 Apr. 6/2 What he said is quite true, barring the whisky—that is all swank.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 4/1 ‘Swank,’ they realised, was the essential qualification for success in the new industry, believing that firms just awaking to its possibilities and the public would take them at their own valuation.

2. = swanker n.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person

peacocka1425

ruffler1536

struttera1591

flaunter1598

glisterer1628

tulip1647

parader1747

swasher1821

swash1824

dazzler1839

rooster1840

show-off1841

swankera1846

Vanity-Fairian1847

grandstander1896

spotlighter1907

swank1913

swankpot1914

showboat1932

showboater1941

pavisander1950

1913 V. Sackville-West Let. 15 Feb. in V. Glendinning Vita (1983) v. 54 [He is] a swank, more swank than you could ever dream of.

1923 ‘R. Crompton’ William Again v. 91 He was a pariah, outside the pale, one of the ‘swanks’ who lived in big houses and talked soft.

1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. xxxii. 190 We were not concerned with the moving-picture colony or the swanks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

swankadj.¹

Brit.

/swaŋk/, U.S.

/swæŋk/, Scottish English

/swaŋk/

Etymology: apparently < Middle Low German swank, Middle Dutch swanc flexible, supple, slender, = Middle High German swanc (German schwank ); < swank- , appearing also, with suffix, in Old English swancor pliant, supple, agile, Middle High German swankel supple, and parallel to swang- , appearing in Old Norse svangr thin, lean, swong adj., svangi swange n., early modern German schwang (= schwank). For other derivatives of the widespread swink- : swank- and swing- : swang- , see swink n., swench n., swing n.¹, swinge n.¹, swenge v.

Scottish.

Agile, active, nimble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble

lightOE

quiverOE

yepec1275

taitc1300

yap13..

delivera1375

swippera1387

wight1390

nimblea1400

yarea1400

yerna1400

smitherc1475

leger1483

agilea1500

liver1530

lightsome1567

wimble1579

nimble jointed1591

nimble shifting1591

agilious1599

nimbling1599

nimble spirited1611

expedite1612

fitchanta1616

airy1642

fantastic1645

volant1650

clever1691

light-limbed1695

spry1746

swack1768

swank1786

yauld1787

deliverly1820

slippy1847

nippy1849

springe1859

pantherish1869

pantherine1890

flippant1895

loose1907

Tarzanesque1933

Tarzan-like1943

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 165 A filly buirdly, steeve, an' swank.

1901 ‘I. Maclaren’ Young Barbarians (ed. 3) iv. 68 Ye're to tak' thirty swank fellows that can run.

1912 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 487/2 To ride among the swank, well~fed lads in the Bewcastle chase.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

swankadj.²

Brit.

/swaŋk/, U.S.

/swæŋk/

Etymology: < swank n.² or swank v.

colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

Stylish; ‘posh’, ‘classy’. (Frequently applied to shops, hotels, or apartments.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > smart

gallantc1420

galliard1513

fine1526

trickly1580

pink1598

genteel1601

sparkful1605

sparkish1657

jaunty1662

spankinga1666

shanty1685

trig1725

smartish1738

distinguished1748

nobby1788

dashing1801

vaudy1805

swell1810

distingué1813

dashy1822

nutty1823

chic1832

slicked1836

flash1838

rakish1840

spiffy1853

smart1860

sassy1861

classy1870

spiffing1872

toffish1873

tony1877

swish1879

hep1899

toffy1901

hip1904

toppy1905

in1906

floozy1911

swank1913

jazz1917

ritzy1919

smooth1920

snappy1925

snazzy1931

groovy1937

what ho1937

gussy1940

criss1954

high camp1954

sprauncy1957

James Bondish1966

James Bond1967

schmick1972

designer1978

atas1993

as fine as fivepence-

1913 V. Sackville-West Let. 15 Feb. in V. Glendinning Vita (1983) v. 54 [He is] a swank, more swank than you could ever dream of.

1919 W. Deeping Second Youth xvii. 145 Look here, come for a ride. Had this new swank machine just a week.

1928 Publishers' Weekly 30 June 2578 From honor and riches to poverty and shame—from the swankest hunting set of England to a garret in the Latin Quarter of Paris.

1947 D. Riesman in University Observer Winter 20/1 John..refuses to angle for the mastership of..one of the swank Harvard Houses.

1957 L. Stern Midas Touch i. xii. 98 These were the women..who patronized the swank Michigan Avenue specialty shops.

1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) xx. 179 He was thrilled at having a swank apartment.

1981 R. Barnard Mother's Boys i. 12 Have you got a big box of chocks? Something real swank?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

swankv.

Brit.

/swaŋk/, U.S.

/swæŋk/

Etymology: A midland and south-western dialect word taken into general slang use at the beginning of the 20th cent.The etymological meaning is uncertain, but perhaps the original notion is that of swinging the body, and the word is ultimately related to Old High German, Middle High German swanc swinging motion, Middle High German swanken (German schwanken ) to sway, totter, etc. (compare swank adj.¹). The immediate source of sense 2 (= swink v.) is probably different, but ultimate identity of origin may be presumed.

slang.

a. intransitive. To behave ostentatiously, to swagger; also, to pretend by one's behaviour to be something superior to what one is; gen. to make pretence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)]

brandishc1340

ruffle1484

braga1556

swash1556

flourish1563

flaunt1566

prank1567

prink1573

to shake, wag the feather1581

peacockize1598

air1605

display1608

to launch it out1608

flasha1616

to cut it out1619

flare1633

vapour1652

peacock1654

spark1676

to gallantrize it1693

bosh1709

glare1712

to cut a bosh1726

to show away1728

to figure away, off1749

parade1749

to cut a dashc1771

dash1786

to cut up1787

to cut a flash1795

to make, or cut, a splash1804

swank1809

to come out strong1825

to cut a spludge1831

to cut it (too) fat1836

pavonize1838

splurge1844

to do the grand1847

to cut a swath1848

to cut a splurge1860

to fan out1860

spread1860

skyre1871

fluster1876

to strut one's stuff1926

showboat1937

floss1938

style1968

1809 T. Batchelor Orthoëpical Anal. Dial. Bedfordshire v, in Orthoëpical Anal. Eng. Lang. 144 Swangk, to strut.

1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words (at cited word) I met him swanking along the road, ever so genteel.

1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) x To see your wife in the Peeresses' Gallery on great occasions, and your sons swanking about town with Hon. before their names.

b. To boast.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]

yelpc888

kebc1315

glorify1340

to make avauntc1340

boast1377

brag1377

to shake boastc1380

glorya1382

to make (one's) boastc1385

crackc1470

avaunt1471

glaster1513

voust1513

to make (one's or a) vauntc1515

jet?1521

vaunt?1521

crowa1529

rail1530

devauntc1540

brave1549

vaunt1611

thrasonize1619

vapour1629

ostentate1670

goster1673

flourish1674

rodomontade1681

taper1683

gasconade1717

stump1721

rift1794

mang1819

snigger1823

gab1825

cackle1847

to talk horse1855

skite1857

to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859

to shoot off one's mouth1864

spreadeagle1866

swank1874

bum1877

to sound off1918

woof1934

to shoot a line1941

to honk off1952

to mouth off1958

blow-

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 316 Swank, to boast or ‘gas’ unduly.

1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play iii, in Misalliance 211 I used to boast about what a good boy Bobby was. Now I swank about what a dog he is; and it pleases people just as well.

1950 Sport 7–13 Apr. 9/2 Lest I may appear to be swanking, let me hasten to add that all of the credit went to someone else.

1960 J. Rae Custard Boys i. vii. 80 ‘You think that I am swanking too much, John?’ With his accent the slang word sounded very strange.

1980 London Rev. Bks. 17 Apr. 6/2 Anonymity..is no guarantee against a tendency on the part of informants to swank about their supposed religious experiences.

2. To work hard, to ‘swot’.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > study > [verb (intransitive)] > study diligently or hard

porec1387

muzz?1744

sap1830

bone1832

to study up1846

mug1848

grind1855

swot1860

stew1866

swank1890

groise1913

1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Swank (public and military schools), to work hard.

1911 A. G. C. Through College Keyhole (Cambr.) 11 E'en have I dreamed of a minute Swanking to claim a degree.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1726

n.²1854

adj.¹1786

adj.²1913

v.1809

单词	swank
释义	swankn.¹ Etymology: ? dialect. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > specific quantity of cue1603 cee1605 jug?1635 gun1674 ale kilderkin1704 swank1726 nip1736 pint1742 pt.1850 yard of ale1872 square1882 half1888 butcher1889 rabbit1895 rigger1911 sleever1936 tank1936 middy1941 tallboy1956 tube1969 tinnie1974 1726 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) A swank (at Bocking in Essex) that Remainder of Liquor at the Bottom of a Tankard, Pot or Cup, which is just sufficient for one Draught; which is not accounted good Manners to divide with the left Hand Man; and according to the Quantity is called either a large or a little Swank. 1813 Monthly Mag. 36 520 [At Braintree, Essex] A pint of beer is divided into three parts or draughts; the first is called Neckum, the second Sinkum, and the third Swank or Swankum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2018). swankn.² Brit. /swaŋk/, U.S. /swæŋk/ Etymology: see swank v. slang. 1. Ostentatious or pretentious behaviour or talk; swagger; pretence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] boast1297 strut1303 bombancec1325 bobantc1330 bobancec1380 ambitionc1384 oliprancec1390 pretence?a1439 ostentationa1475 pransawtea1500 bravity1546 finesse1549 bravery1573 overlashing1579 brave1596 peacockry1596 garishness1598 maggot ostentation1598 ostent1609 flaunta1625 spectability1637 vantation1637 fastuousness1649 fastuosity1656 finery1656 parade1656 phantastry1656 ostentatiousness1658 éclat1704 pretension1706 braw1724 swell1724 showiness1730 ostensibility1775 fanfaronade1784 display1816 showing off1822 glimmer1827 tigerism1836 peacockery1844 show-off1846 flare1847 peacockism1854 swank1854 tigerishness1869 flashness1888 flamboyance1891 peacockishness1892 flamboyancy1896 swankiness1920 plushness1949 glitziness1982 fantasia- fantastication- 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 313 Swank, an ostentatious air, an affectation of stateliness in the walk. ‘What a swank he cuts!’ 1891 R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland, Devonshire Swank, s. and v., swagger. 1905 Daily Chron. 17 Apr. 6/2 What he said is quite true, barring the whisky—that is all swank. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 26 Jan. 4/1 ‘Swank,’ they realised, was the essential qualification for success in the new industry, believing that firms just awaking to its possibilities and the public would take them at their own valuation. 2. = swanker n.² ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person peacocka1425 ruffler1536 struttera1591 flaunter1598 glisterer1628 tulip1647 parader1747 swasher1821 swash1824 dazzler1839 rooster1840 show-off1841 swankera1846 Vanity-Fairian1847 grandstander1896 spotlighter1907 swank1913 swankpot1914 showboat1932 showboater1941 pavisander1950 1913 V. Sackville-West Let. 15 Feb. in V. Glendinning Vita (1983) v. 54 [He is] a swank, more swank than you could ever dream of. 1923 ‘R. Crompton’ William Again v. 91 He was a pariah, outside the pale, one of the ‘swanks’ who lived in big houses and talked soft. 1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. xxxii. 190 We were not concerned with the moving-picture colony or the swanks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). swankadj.¹ Brit. /swaŋk/, U.S. /swæŋk/, Scottish English /swaŋk/ Etymology: apparently < Middle Low German swank, Middle Dutch swanc flexible, supple, slender, = Middle High German swanc (German schwank ); < swank- , appearing also, with suffix, in Old English swancor pliant, supple, agile, Middle High German swankel supple, and parallel to swang- , appearing in Old Norse svangr thin, lean, swong adj., svangi swange n., early modern German schwang (= schwank). For other derivatives of the widespread swink- : swank- and swing- : swang- , see swink n., swench n., swing n.¹, swinge n.¹, swenge v. Scottish. Agile, active, nimble. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 165 A filly buirdly, steeve, an' swank. 1901 ‘I. Maclaren’ Young Barbarians (ed. 3) iv. 68 Ye're to tak' thirty swank fellows that can run. 1912 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 487/2 To ride among the swank, well~fed lads in the Bewcastle chase. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). swankadj.² Brit. /swaŋk/, U.S. /swæŋk/ Etymology: < swank n.² or swank v. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Stylish; ‘posh’, ‘classy’. (Frequently applied to shops, hotels, or apartments.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > smart gallantc1420 galliard1513 fine1526 trickly1580 pink1598 genteel1601 sparkful1605 sparkish1657 jaunty1662 spankinga1666 shanty1685 trig1725 smartish1738 distinguished1748 nobby1788 dashing1801 vaudy1805 swell1810 distingué1813 dashy1822 nutty1823 chic1832 slicked1836 flash1838 rakish1840 spiffy1853 smart1860 sassy1861 classy1870 spiffing1872 toffish1873 tony1877 swish1879 hep1899 toffy1901 hip1904 toppy1905 in1906 floozy1911 swank1913 jazz1917 ritzy1919 smooth1920 snappy1925 snazzy1931 groovy1937 what ho1937 gussy1940 criss1954 high camp1954 sprauncy1957 James Bondish1966 James Bond1967 schmick1972 designer1978 atas1993 as fine as fivepence- 1913 V. Sackville-West Let. 15 Feb. in V. Glendinning Vita (1983) v. 54 [He is] a swank, more swank than you could ever dream of. 1919 W. Deeping Second Youth xvii. 145 Look here, come for a ride. Had this new swank machine just a week. 1928 Publishers' Weekly 30 June 2578 From honor and riches to poverty and shame—from the swankest hunting set of England to a garret in the Latin Quarter of Paris. 1947 D. Riesman in University Observer Winter 20/1 John..refuses to angle for the mastership of..one of the swank Harvard Houses. 1957 L. Stern Midas Touch i. xii. 98 These were the women..who patronized the swank Michigan Avenue specialty shops. 1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) xx. 179 He was thrilled at having a swank apartment. 1981 R. Barnard Mother's Boys i. 12 Have you got a big box of chocks? Something real swank? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). swankv. Brit. /swaŋk/, U.S. /swæŋk/ Etymology: A midland and south-western dialect word taken into general slang use at the beginning of the 20th cent.The etymological meaning is uncertain, but perhaps the original notion is that of swinging the body, and the word is ultimately related to Old High German, Middle High German swanc swinging motion, Middle High German swanken (German schwanken ) to sway, totter, etc. (compare swank adj.¹). The immediate source of sense 2 (= swink v.) is probably different, but ultimate identity of origin may be presumed. slang. 1. a. intransitive. To behave ostentatiously, to swagger; also, to pretend by one's behaviour to be something superior to what one is; gen. to make pretence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] brandishc1340 ruffle1484 braga1556 swash1556 flourish1563 flaunt1566 prank1567 prink1573 to shake, wag the feather1581 peacockize1598 air1605 display1608 to launch it out1608 flasha1616 to cut it out1619 flare1633 vapour1652 peacock1654 spark1676 to gallantrize it1693 bosh1709 glare1712 to cut a bosh1726 to show away1728 to figure away, off1749 parade1749 to cut a dashc1771 dash1786 to cut up1787 to cut a flash1795 to make, or cut, a splash1804 swank1809 to come out strong1825 to cut a spludge1831 to cut it (too) fat1836 pavonize1838 splurge1844 to do the grand1847 to cut a swath1848 to cut a splurge1860 to fan out1860 spread1860 skyre1871 fluster1876 to strut one's stuff1926 showboat1937 floss1938 style1968 1809 T. Batchelor Orthoëpical Anal. Dial. Bedfordshire v, in Orthoëpical Anal. Eng. Lang. 144 Swangk, to strut. 1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words (at cited word) I met him swanking along the road, ever so genteel. 1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) x To see your wife in the Peeresses' Gallery on great occasions, and your sons swanking about town with Hon. before their names. b. To boast. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)] yelpc888 kebc1315 glorify1340 to make avauntc1340 boast1377 brag1377 to shake boastc1380 glorya1382 to make (one's) boastc1385 crackc1470 avaunt1471 glaster1513 voust1513 to make (one's or a) vauntc1515 jet?1521 vaunt?1521 crowa1529 rail1530 devauntc1540 brave1549 vaunt1611 thrasonize1619 vapour1629 ostentate1670 goster1673 flourish1674 rodomontade1681 taper1683 gasconade1717 stump1721 rift1794 mang1819 snigger1823 gab1825 cackle1847 to talk horse1855 skite1857 to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859 to shoot off one's mouth1864 spreadeagle1866 swank1874 bum1877 to sound off1918 woof1934 to shoot a line1941 to honk off1952 to mouth off1958 blow- 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 316 Swank, to boast or ‘gas’ unduly. 1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play iii, in Misalliance 211 I used to boast about what a good boy Bobby was. Now I swank about what a dog he is; and it pleases people just as well. 1950 Sport 7–13 Apr. 9/2 Lest I may appear to be swanking, let me hasten to add that all of the credit went to someone else. 1960 J. Rae Custard Boys i. vii. 80 ‘You think that I am swanking too much, John?’ With his accent the slang word sounded very strange. 1980 London Rev. Bks. 17 Apr. 6/2 Anonymity..is no guarantee against a tendency on the part of informants to swank about their supposed religious experiences. 2. To work hard, to ‘swot’. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > study > [verb (intransitive)] > study diligently or hard porec1387 muzz?1744 sap1830 bone1832 to study up1846 mug1848 grind1855 swot1860 stew1866 swank1890 groise1913 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Swank (public and military schools), to work hard. 1911 A. G. C. Through College Keyhole (Cambr.) 11 E'en have I dreamed of a minute Swanking to claim a degree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1726n.²1854adj.¹1786adj.²1913v.1809
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