swank

verb

🔊/swæŋk/

[intransitive] (old-fashioned, British English, informal, disapproving)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they swank	🔊/swæŋk/ 🔊/swæŋk/
he / she / it swanks	🔊/swæŋks/ 🔊/swæŋks/
past simple swanked	🔊/swæŋkt/ 🔊/swæŋkt/
past participle swanked	🔊/swæŋkt/ 🔊/swæŋkt/
-ing form swanking	🔊/ˈswæŋkɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈswæŋkɪŋ/

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to behave in way that is too proud or confident炫耀；卖弄Topics Personal qualitiesc2
Word Originearly 19th cent.: of unknown origin.