Definition of SWINK

swink

Plural: swinks

Noun

  • toil, work, drudgery

Verb

Verb Forms: swinked, swinking, swinks

  • To work hard; to toil or labor.
  • To labour, to work hard
  • To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.

Examples

  • He had to swink over the Scrabble board to find a word that fit his remaining tiles.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English swink, from Old English swinc (“toil, work, effort; hardship; the produce of labour”).

Scrabble Score: 12

swink: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
swink: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
swink: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

swink: valid Words With Friends Word