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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  • Hamas officials bragged that the currency would be untraceable and their websites offered instructions for how to make anonymous donations, the affidavits say.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In a recent interview with the right-wing publication the Daily Wire, a police chief in the tiny town of Sahuarita, Arizona bragged that his officers have been using them for years.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of bragged
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  • The United States should not echo its 1970s policies around food power, during which officials boasted of altruism while attempting to exert political strength by alternatively deploying and withholding its grain supply.
    — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
  • From behind, the gown boasted a low-cut back and a single zipper.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 3 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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  • 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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  • 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 8 Sep. 2026.

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