swinge
1[ swinj ]
/ swɪndʒ /
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verb (used with object), swinged, swinge·ing.British Dialect.
to thrash; punish.
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Origin of swinge
11250–1300; Middle English swengen to shake, smite, Old English swengan, causative of swingan to swing, or denominative derivative of Old English sweng a blow
OTHER WORDS FROM swinge
swing·er [swin-jer], /ˈswɪn dʒər/, nounWords nearby swinge
swingbeat, swingboat, swing bridge, swing by, swing door, swinge, swingeing, swinger, swinging, swinging door, swinging voter
Definition for swinge (2 of 2)
swinge2
[ swinj ]
/ swɪndʒ /
verb (used with object), swinged, swinge·ing.
to singe.
Origin of swinge
2First recorded in 1580–90; obscurely akin to singe
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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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