swinge

[ swinj ]

/ swɪndʒ /

verb (used with object), swinged, swinge·ing. British Dialect.

to thrash; punish.

Nearby words

swing state, swing-wing, swingback, swingbeat, swingboat, swinge, swingeing, swinger, swinging, swinging door, swinging voter

Origin of swinge

1250–1300; Middle English swengen to shake, smite, Old English swengan, causative of swingan to swing, or denominative derivative of Old English sweng a blow

Related forms

swing·er

[swin-jer] /ˈswɪn dʒər/, noun

Definition for swinge (2 of 2)

swinge

[ swinj ]

/ swɪndʒ /

verb (used with object), swinged, swinge·ing.

to singe.

Origin of swinge

First recorded in 1580–90; obscurely akin to singe

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Wherby it appereth that some sort of youth will oft haue his swinge, although it be in a halter.
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British Dictionary definitions for swinge

swinge

/ (swɪndʒ) /

verb swinges, swingeing, swinging or swinged

(tr) archaic to beat, flog, or punish

Word Origin for swinge

Old English swengan; related to Old Frisian swenga to drench, Gothic afswaggwjan to cause to sway; see swing

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