swingeing
[swin-jing]
- enormous; thumping.
- Slang. swinging(def 3).
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Origin of swingeing
swinge
1[swinj]
- 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
swinge
2[swinj]
- to singe.
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Origin of swinge
2First recorded in 1580–90; obscurely akin to singe
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Examples from the Web for swingeing
Historical Examples of swingeing
For they live in a swingeing wine-press, fifty steps up to it.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.Francois Rabelais
O that I could see a swingeing mullet extended on a swingeing dish!
The Works of HoraceHorace
A swingeing St. Christopher, fording a brook with a child on his shoulders, cannot fail of attracting attention.
Italy; with sketches of Spain and PortugalWilliam Beckford
I 'd have 'coined my blood,' as the fellow says in the play, and written a swingeing check with red ink!
The Daltons, Volume II (of II)Charles James Lever
Nor were his thoughts in line with the swingeing sentences he had just been writing in the exercise-book.
Angela's BusinessHenry Sydnor Harrison
swingeing
- mainly British punishing; severe
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swinge
- (tr) archaic to beat, flog, or punish
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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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