swink

C2+ Topic:Work & Careers

US /swɪŋk/ UK /swɪŋk/ See IPA manual

verb noun

Meanings

1

verb
to labour or toil hard; archaic word for hard work

The peasants swinked from dawn to dusk in the lord's fields.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to labour or toil hard;... toil labor drudge slave moil work

Opposites

rest idle

Word family

Derived forms swinker

Related forms swing

Etymology

From Old English swincan ('to labor, toil, struggle'), from Proto-Germanic *swinkaną, of obscure further origin; perhaps related to swing.

swincan Old English *swinkaną Proto-Germanic

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# swink

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** swɪŋk
**IPA (UK):** swɪŋk

## Meanings
1. to labour or toil hard; archaic word for hard work

## Examples
- The peasants swinked from dawn to dusk in the lord's fields.

## Synonyms
- toil
- labor
- drudge
- slave
- moil
- work

## Antonyms
- rest
- idle

## Derived Forms
- swinker

## Related Forms
- swing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: swincan
- Root: *swinkaną

## Etymology
From Old English swincan ('to labor, toil, struggle'), from Proto-Germanic *swinkaną, of obscure further origin; perhaps related to swing.

## AI Etymology
Swink is from Old English swincan ('to labor, toil, struggle'), from Proto-Germanic *swinkaną, of obscure further origin; perhaps related to swing. Important recorded forms include swincan (Old English) and *swinkaną (Proto-Germanic). The wording preserves that uncertainty: the older history is best read as a cautious account rather than a fully settled chain. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers to labour or toil hard; archaic word for hard work. The wider family includes derived forms such as swinker and related words such as swing.

## Topics
- Work & Careers
- Register & Style

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