swink C2+ Topic:Work & Careers US /swɪŋk/ UK /swɪŋk/ See IPA manual 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to labour or toil hard;... toillabordrudgeslavemoilwork ↔ Opposites restidle Word family Derived forms swinker Related forms swing Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Work & Careers Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # swink **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **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 markdown