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SWINK

Definition: SWINK

SWINK

Intransitive verb

1. To labor; to toil; to salve.

Noun

1. Labor; toil; drudgery.

Transitive verb

1. To acquire by labor.

2. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "SWINK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)


Synonyms within Context: SWINK

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Exertion

Labor, work, toil, travail, manual labor, sweat of one's brow, swink, drudgery, slavery, fagging, hammering; limae labor; industry, industriousness, operoseness, operosity.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Specialty Definition: Swink, Colorado

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Swink is a town located in Otero County, Colorado. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 696.

Geography


Swink is located at 38°0'53" North, 103°37'40" West (38.014739, -103.627802)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 696 people, 278 households, and 199 families residing in the town. The population density is 995.3/km² (2,584.6/mi²). There are 291 housing units at an average density of 416.1/km² (1,080.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 88.79% White, 0.43% African American, 1.01% Native American, 0.86% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 7.18% from other races, and 1.72% from two or more races. 20.55% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 278 households out of which 34.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.1% are married couples living together, 8.3% have a female householder with no husband present, and 28.1% are non-families. 25.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.48 and the average family size is 2.99. In the town the population is spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 96.2 males. The median income for a household in the town is $36,094, and the median income for a family is $46,667. Males have a median income of $36,806 versus $25,694 for females. The per capita income for the town is $19,353. 10.8% of the population and 8.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 9.6% are under the age of 18 and 13.3% are 65 or older.



Swink, Oklahoma

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Swink is a town located in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 83.

Geography


Swink is located at 34°1'6" North, 95°12'10" West (34.018441, -95.202851)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 83 people, 36 households, and 24 families residing in the town. The population density is 200.3/km² (513.1/mi²). There are 47 housing units at an average density of 113.4/km² (290.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 90.36% White, 0.00% African American, 4.82% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.20% from other races, and 3.61% from two or more races. 1.20% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 36 households out of which 27.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.8% are married couples living together, 13.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% are non-families. 27.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.31 and the average family size is 2.75. In the town the population is spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 102.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.9 males. The median income for a household in the town is $11,250, and the median income for a family is $13,929. Males have a median income of $52,917 versus $14,583 for females. The per capita income for the town is $7,748. 50.0% of the population and 41.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 54.5% are under the age of 18 and 20.0% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Swink, Colorado."

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Crosswords: SWINK

English words defined with "SWINK": Swinck, Swinking, Swonk, Swonken. (references)
Etymologies containing "SWINK": Toswink. (references)

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Name Usage Frequency: SWINK

The following table summarizes the usage of "SWINK" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons		Rank in USA
SwinkLast name2,0007,000
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: SWINK


1. Swink, CO (town, FIPS 75970)
Location: 38.01385 N, 103.62731 W
Population (1990): 584 (258 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SWINK

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

swink

9

swink colorado

7

kitty swink

6

swink ok

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SWINK

Language Translations for "SWINK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

трепя се (fag, moil, sweat). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inksway

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: SWINK

Derivations

Words beginning with "SWINK": swinked, swinking, swinks. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "SWINK"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "SWINK" (pronounced swi"ngk)
4-w i" ng kwink.
3-i" ng kblink, brink, chink, cinque, clink, dink, drink, fink, ink, interlink, link, mink, minke, pink, plink, rethink, rink, shrink, sink, stink, sync, think, zinc.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: SWINK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: winks.

Words within the letters "i-k-n-s-w"

-1 letter: inks, kins, sink, skin, wink, wins.

-2 letters: ink, ins, kin, sin, ski, win, wis.

-3 letters: in, is, si.

 Words containing the letters "i-k-n-s-w"
 

+1 letter: swinks.

 

+2 letters: cowskin, misknew, misknow, skewing, swinked, welkins, winkers, winkles.

 

+3 letters: chewinks, cowskins, eyewinks, hawkings, inkwells, inkwoods, knowings, misknown, misknows, pinworks, snowlike, swankier, swankily, swanking, swanlike, swanskin, swinking, tinworks, twankies, twinkles, walkings, whisking, wickings, windsock, wineskin, winnocks, wonkiest, woolskin, workings, wrinkles.

 

+4 letters: backswing, downlinks, downticks, gawkiness, hoodwinks, ironworks, kingwoods, kinswoman, kinswomen, linkworks, mackinaws, skewering, squawking, stinkweed, stinkwood, swankiest, swanskins, twinklers, wackiness, wakenings, weaklings, windsocks, wineskins, wingbacks, woolskins, wreckings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Names: Frequency
4. Cities 		5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes 		9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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