swinge
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of swinge1
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
Origin of swinge2
First recorded in 1580–90; obscurely akin to singe
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But Starr’s or Ignoramus’s may not give Those Swearers longer swinge by Oaths to live.
From Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden by Harold Whitmore Jones
Alas, I know not whom to suspect, I wou'd I did; but if you cou'd discover him—I wou'd so swinge him— Sir Feeb.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers
He must swinge them, like it or not!
From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman
The young dogs, swinge them to the labour; Let wark an' hunger mak them sober!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
Sirrah, knave, I have a mind to swinge you!
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini by Montrose Jonas Moses
Fafà Picault swinged in a cross from wide left, Whitecaps goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau was unable to corral it after a deflection off defender Bruno Gaspar and Rodríguez smashed home the putback.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2021
"I ain't hurt, but I'm swinged like a fool miller moth in a lamp chimley," he complained.
From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman) Ivory
One whisk from the swinged tail of an avalanche would hurl us, like a fly, into the ruin of the gaping gorge.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Horatio Robert Forbes Brown
Saint George, that swinged the dragon, and e'er since Sits on his horse back at mine hostess' door.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
True, sir; I was in love with my bed: I thank you, you swinged me for my love, which makes me the bolder to chide you for yours.
From Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by William George Clark
At the same time, he has been criticised for swingeing job cuts as he tries to restore order to the club's finances.
From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026
The budget cap was introduced as part of a swingeing set of regulation changes aimed at closing up the field and making the racing in F1 more competitive.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2022
In the event, Heath announced swingeing cuts to public sector investment, but his government did not last long enough to see through its plans.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2022
The public market imposes a fairly swingeing discount on inorganic growth.
From The Verge ● Mar. 8, 2022
They brought immediately some stately, swingeing, jolly hams, fine substantial neat's tongues, good hung-beef, pure and delicate botargos, venison, sausages, and such other gullet-sweepers.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Peter Anthony Motteux
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