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Meanings of swank (swanking) in English
Elegance by virtue of being fashionable.
Synonyms
Examples for "flash"
Examples for "flash"
1
Water flowing underground News flash: scientists say there's water in Wellington Harbour.
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The Fiji Met Service said heavy rain may lead to flash flooding.
3
They were given a new sense of urgency after the flash crash.
4
I picked my way toward the point where I'd seen the flash.
5
In another flash of lightning, he saw clearly: the car was gone.
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Her actual dire intention was nothing to flaunt in the public gaze.
2
But yesterday they had a rare opportunity to flaunt their wares again.
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Her vanity led her to flaunt her gaudy hat in the hut.
4
Lohan wasn't the only celebrity to flaunt economic insights on social media.
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The crapulous leisured classes of Peking openly flaunt the worst of vices.
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Question 4: RIM has a flashy new BlackBerry handset to show off.
2
That said, early adopters will still have plenty to show off, though.
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A chance to show off your talents may be unfolding right now.
4
And it was a great chance to show off my cooking skills!
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Furthermore, some take pride in having large physical libraries to show off.
Usage of swanking in English
1
If fellows around you are swanking in dirt, leave them and go elsewhere.
2
The doorkeeper saw it was a large, swanking envelope with very polite writing.
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I don't go around swanking about it, I try not to.
4
They were inclined to suspect that his quiet confidence was swanking.
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Where did Napoleon get off, swanking round as if he amounted to something?
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I can't help swanking bits from 'Julius Caesar,' you know-myonly Shakespeare play!
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We thought it was their leader, their swanking, or we would not have harmed him.
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He hoped she did not think he was swanking.
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Gwinnie came with a big fork, swanking, for fun, trying to pitch a whole haycock.
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Indeed it was apparent that Moriarty's self-congratulatory and swanking speech was intended wholly for Mr Holmes's benefit.
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That ought to stop her swanking.
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As a matter of fact, though it seems rather like swanking, there isn't much about dogs that I don't know.
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Dug spikes into the guest's coconut while he was asleep, and then went swanking about the place like a Girl Guide.
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Then she came home and saw the girls of her own district swanking about like last year's patterns, as she said.
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That's an awful lot of superior saints swanking around in heaven, getting the best restaurant tables and flying first class, writes Kevin Myers.
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No sooner had I started swanking around at work, casually dropping news of the impending trip to colleagues, when another email arrived from Tokyo.
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Frequent collocations
Translations for swanking
Swanking through the time