swingeing

[ swin-jing ]

/ ˈswɪn dʒɪŋ /

adjective Chiefly British.

enormous; thumping.

Nearby words

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

Origin of swingeing

First recorded in 1560–70; swinge¹ + -ing²

Related formsswinge·ing·ly, adverb

Definition for swingeing (2 of 3)

swinge

[ swinj ]

/ swɪndʒ /

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

to thrash; punish.

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 formsswing·er

[swin-jer] /ˈswɪn dʒər/, noun

Definition for swingeing (3 of 3)

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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Examples from the Web for swingeing

The jolly yeoman cut a rasher of bacon, which Cicely soon broiled, and her father added a swingeing tankard of his best ale.
Waverley|Sir Walter Scott
Nor were his thoughts in line with the swingeing sentences he had just been writing in the exercise-book.
Angela's Business|Henry Sydnor Harrison
O that I could see a swingeing mullet extended on a swingeing dish!
The Works of Horace|Horace
A swingeing St. Christopher, fording a brook with a child on his shoulders, cannot fail of attracting attention.
Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal|William Beckford

Look here: if I write you a swingeing medical certificate, will you apply for leave on the spot?'
Life's Handicap|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for swingeing (1 of 2)

swingeing

/ (ˈswɪndʒɪŋ) /

adjective

mainly British punishing; severe

British Dictionary definitions for swingeing (2 of 2)

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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