SWINK

Proper noun

Swink (plural Swinks)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Swink is the 8690^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3779 individuals. Swink is most common among White (90.05%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Winks, winks

Etymology 1

Noun

swink (countable and uncountable, plural swinks)

(archaic) toil, work, drudgery

Etymology 2

Verb

swink (third-person singular simple present swinks, present participle swinking, simple past swonk or swinkt or swinked or swank, past participle swunken or swonken or swinkt or swinked or swunk)

(archaic, intransitive) to labour, to work hard

(archaic, transitive) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.

Anagrams

• Winks, winks

Source: Wiktionary

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Swink, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk (; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] Etym: [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.]

Definition: To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser. The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." Sir Samuel Freguson.

Swink, v. t.

1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.] And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton.

2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. To devour all that others swink. Chaucer.

Swink, n. Etym: [As. swinc, geswinc.]

Definition: Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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