1. A person or object that is
posh, high-class,
glamorous, classy, upmarket, etc.
2. A person or object that is cool, awesome,
hip, maybe even obsessed by the person using the word, to describe that person or object.
1. The man at the hotel
reception desk told us that the restraunt that we will be
dining at this evening is very
swanky, and suggested that we dressed formally.
2. 'The OC' is so swanky! I just love it to death.