verb
swink
Swink (verb) means to work very hard.
verb
1
To work very hard.
2
To make someone work so hard that they become exhausted.
"There was no internal graphite coating; instead a metal shield was used to collect the beam current the swinked electrons which in their prime had caused the screen to fluoresce."
— Rodney Dale, The Sinclair Story (1985)
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English swynken, from Old English swincan ("to labour, work"), from Proto-Germanic *swinkaną ("to swing, bend"). Cognate with Old Norse svinka ("to work").
Rhymes for swink
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What is the meaning of swink?
"swink" (verb) means to work very hard.
What are the different meanings of swink?
"swink" has 2 main meanings: 1. To work very hard; 2. To make someone work so hard that they become exhausted.
