# swink

> English word · Noun · IPA /swɪŋk/

## Definitions
1. Toil, work, drudgery.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/swink