English

Adjective

swack ‎(comparative swacker, superlative swackest)

1. (Scotland) Lithe; nimble.
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 37:

     it came the turn of a brave young childe with a red head and the swackest legs you ever saw, [...] and as soon as he began the drill you saw he'd carry off the prize.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

swack ‎(plural swacks)

1. (dated, Britain, public school slang) A deception; a trick.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:deception

Derived terms

• swack up, swack-up

References

• Farmer, John Stephen (1900) The Public School Word-Book, London: Hirshfeld Brothers, page 240
• Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition, 1984

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

swak +‎ -k

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [swatsk]

Noun

swack m

1. diminutive of swak (brother-in-law)

Declension