Associations to the word «Swank»

Wiktionary

SWANK, adjective. (dated) Fashionably elegant.
SWANK, noun. A fashionably elegant person.
SWANK, noun. Ostentation.
SWANK, verb. To swagger, to show off.

Dictionary definition

SWANK, noun. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable.
SWANK, verb. Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car".
SWANK, adjective. Imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley