swank(n = noun.attribute) chic, chichi, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness - elegance by virtue of being fashionable;
is a kind of elegance
has particulars: dapperness, jauntiness, nattiness, rakishness
Derived form adjective swanky1
swank(v = verb.perception) flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
is one way to display, exhibit, expose
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
swank(s = adj.all) swanky - imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"
swank, n., v., & adj. colloq.
--n. ostentation, swagger, bluff.
--v.intr. behave with swank; show off.
--adj. esp. US = SWANKY.
Etymology:
19th c.: orig. uncert.