Definitions For Swack

Noun

{{dsb-noun, m}} {{diminutive of, dsb, swak}} (brother-in-law)

Declension

{{dsb-decl-noun-19, swac, k, animate=1}} {{topics, dsb, Family, Male}}

Etymology 1

From {{der, en, sco, swack}}, from {{der, en, enm, swac, , weak}}, from {{der, en, ang, swæc}} (found in derivative swæcehēow, , weakmindedness, nonsense), from {{der, en, gem-pro, *swakaz, , weak}}. Cognate with {{cog, stq, swäk}}, {{cog, fy, swak}}, {{cog, nl, zwak}}, {{cog, nds-de, swack}}, {{cog, de, schwach}}.

Adjective

{{en-adj, er}} (Scotland) lithe, lithe; nimble.

Synonyms

gracile, svelte, willowy; see also thesaurus:slender and thesaurus:flexible

Etymology 2

UK c. 1860s. Used at {{w, Christ's Hospital, Christ's Hospital School}}, Sussex.

Noun

SWACK (plural SWACKs) (dated, British, public school slang) A deception; a trick.

Synonyms

See also thesaurus:deception

Derived terms

swack up, swack-up

References

{{R:Farmer Public School, page=240}} {{R:Partridge 1984}}

Etymology 3

{{unk, en}}.

Noun

SWACK (plural SWACKs) (New Zealand slang. Elsewhere?) A large number of something. She gave me a swack of books.

Anagrams

Wacks, cawks, wacks

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

{{suffix, dsb, swak, k}}