swanked

verb

past tense of swank
as in vapored

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  1. bragged
  2. boasted
  3. vaunted
  4. swaggered
  5. crowed
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  • During a hearing over that issue last month, prosecutors revealed jailhouse recordings in which Lavie bragged about exploiting Cloobeck.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Ballmer once bragged about how many toilets are in the Intuit Dome, and that feels like a metaphor for the state of his Clippers.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bragged
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  • The group boasted more than $100 million in commitments, with $50 million to come from Brockman and his wife Anna.
    — Garrison Lovely, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Each nail boasted its own playful pattern, an avant-garde technique largely favored by the younger generations.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of boasted
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  • Since a 2-nanometer A20 Pro chip is vaunted for the phone, that may provide the extra capability.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The real draw, however, might be a defense that added single-season sack king Myles Garrett and vaunted cornerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson, thereby radically shifting the unit's outlook at its two weakest spots.
    — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Definition of vaunted
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  • Jeezy, Teyana Taylor, Jermaine Dupri, Usher, Swizz Beatz, Rihanna (who briefly out-swaggered Jay), Pharrell, and Beyoncé, backed by the Mayyas, a Lebanese dance group.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In San Ángel, those men swaggered around town, smoking marijuana and blasting banda music from their flashy trucks.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of swaggered
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  • Those cops, police chief John Noland crowed, have been electrocuting suspects for roughly two years at this point.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Also in the crowed were Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet, and Hailey Bieber.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of crowed
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“Swanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swanked. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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