swink

Meaning

Noun

toil, work, drudgery

Verb

1. (archaic, intransitive) To labour, to work hard
2. (archaic, transitive) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.

Synonyms

razzmatazz

drudgework

Translations

تعب

Fronarbeit

Maloche

Schöpf

Büez

Tschoch

sfacchinata

trabalho

trabajo pesado

ağır iş

angarya

Pronounced as (IPA)

/swɪŋk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: swink

Inherited from Old English: swinc

Inherited from Middle English: swynken

Inherited from Old English: swincan

Cognate with Old Norse: svinka

In summary

From Middle English swink, from Old English swinc (“toil, work, effort; hardship; the produce of labour”).