swankverb [ I ]
uk/swæŋk/us/swæŋk/UK informal disapprovingto behave or speak too confidently because you think that you are very important, in order to attract other people's attention and admiration:
Just because you won, there's no need to swank.
People around here don't swank about their money.
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Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
- bravura
- dressed
- exhibitionist
- flash sth around
- grandstander
- grandstanding
- hot dog! idiom
- ostentatious
- parade
- play to the gallery idiom
- push
- razzmatazz
- showman
- slut
- streaker
- strut
- swanky
- tarty
- theatre
- tinsel
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swanknoun [ U ]
uk/swæŋk/us/swæŋk/UK informal disapprovingbehaviour that is too confident:
In spite of all his swank, he's never really achieved very much.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
- bravura
- dressed
- exhibitionist
- flash sth around
- grandstander
- grandstanding
- hot dog! idiom
- ostentatious
- parade
- play to the gallery idiom
- push
- razzmatazz
- showman
- slut
- streaker
- strut
- swanky
- tarty
- theatre
- tinsel
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swankadjective
US→ swanky