Definitions For Swink

Etymology 1

From Middle English swink, from {{inh, en, ang, swinc, , toil, work, effort; hardship; the produce of labour}}.

Noun

SWINK. (countable and uncountable, plural SWINKs) (archaic) toil, work, drudgery

Etymology 2

From Middle English swinken, from {{inh, en, ang, swincan, , to labour, work at, strive, struggle; be in trouble; languish}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, swinkaną, , to swing, bend}}, from {{inh, en, ine-pro, *sweng-}}, *swenk-, , to bend, swing, swivel. Cognate with {{cog, non, svinka, , to work}}. Related to swing.

Verb

swinks , swinking , swank , past2=swonk , past3=swinkt , past4=swinked , swunk , past_ptc2=swunken , past_ptc3=swonken , past_ptc4=swinkt , past_ptc5=swinked (archaic, intransitive) to labour, to work hard (archaic, transitive) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.

Derived terms

beswink forswink swinker

References

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=swink http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=swink

Anagrams

Winks, winks