swanked

verb

past tense of swank
as in vapored

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swanked
  1. bragged
  2. boasted
  3. vaunted
  4. swaggered
  5. crowed
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  • Placed in a jail cell wired with hidden microphones, Jester bragged to his cellmate that when Jackson tried to fight back, he pistol-whipped the rapper and shot him three times in the back.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • There, regional operations manager Kenny Barsalou bragged about the brand inside a plush restaurant booth.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of bragged
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  • Bourdain was attracted to a certain kind of swagger that the kitchen crew boasted.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As Variety has noted in an extensive drill-down on the city’s film scene, Recife boasted a vibrant silent cinema movement in the 1920s.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Aug. 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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  • Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of swaggered
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  • When Bryce Dettloff and Trinity Tatum were crowed winners of Love island USA season 8, there was no twist.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • The Americans, playing in front of a frenzied crowed on home soil in the San Francisco Bay Area, were down a man and nursing a 1-0 lead.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of crowed
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