swink/swɪŋk/EtymologyFrom Middle English swink, from Old English swinc (“toil, work, effort; hardship; the produce of labour”).swink means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.nameA surname.A town in Otero County, Colorado, United States, named after George W. Swink.nounToil, work, drudgery.“Dead on this homecoming cue Jack came home, his hands sheerfree of salesman’s swink, ready for Enderby.”verbTo labour, to work hard“Honour, estate, and all this worldes good, / For which men swinck and sweat incessantly”To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.“And the swinked hedger at his supper sat.”