SWANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does swank mean? 

• SWANK (noun)
  The noun SWANK has 1 sense:

1. elegance by virtue of being fashionable

  Familiarity information: SWANK used as a noun is very rare.

• SWANK (adjective)
  The adjective SWANK has 1 sense:

1. imposingly fashionable and elegant

  Familiarity information: SWANK used as an adjective is very rare.

• SWANK (verb)
  The verb SWANK has 1 sense:

1. display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

  Familiarity information: SWANK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWANK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Elegance by virtue of being fashionable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chic; chichi; chicness; last word; modishness; smartness; stylishness; swank

Hypernyms ("swank" is a kind of...):

elegance (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swank"):

dapperness; jauntiness; nattiness; rakishness (stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance)

Derivation:

swanky (imposingly fashionable and elegant)

• SWANK (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Imposingly fashionable and elegant

Synonyms:

swank; swanky

Context example:

a swank apartment

Similar:

fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)

• SWANK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

flash; flaunt; ostentate; show off; swank

Context example:

he showed off his new sports car

Hypernyms (to "swank" is one way to...):

display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "swank"):

flex (exhibit the strength of)

splurge (be showy or ostentatious)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body—he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)