verb
- worked hard; labored strenuously
Usage: archaic; past tense of swink
Examples
- The peasants swinked in the fields from dawn to dusk.
- He swinked all day to finish the harvest before the storm.
- After she swinked for hours, her hands were raw and tired.
- The blacksmith swinked at his forge, shaping iron into tools.
- They swinked without rest to complete the castle walls.