SWINK Meaning of SWINK in English [swink] vi [ME, fr. OE swincan; akin to OHG swingan to rush--more at swing] (bef. 12c) archaic: toil, slave [2]swink n (12c) archaic: labor, drudgery Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012