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Plural for garish or ostentatious display or showiness
“The affair would be fairly small but filled with plenty of swank.”
Plural for the state, act or quality of having swagger or being prone to showing off
“There was a lot of Cossack swank in him. He used to heat up a nail in the stove every morning to curl his whiskers with.”
(rare) Plural for a person who boasts or brags
“I have always avoided being a swank.”
Plural for overestimation of one's own importance
To boast about one's achievements
“She complained later that masses of people visited Monaco and Monte Carlo, but only Tippy would swank about it.”
To behave in a manner intended to impress
“Do you think he's going to give up a chance to swank around in a velvet coat onstage and show off his profile?”
To walk in an exaggerated or showy manner
“He would swank around the front porch in his nankeens, his white vest, and his white suspenders, talking politics.”
To ostentatiously draw attention to
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