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
Example Sentences
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Sirrah, knave, I have a mind to swinge you!
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini by Moses, Montrose Jonas
Examples are: the double negative with ne; eyen, lenger, doen, ycladd, harrowd, purchas, raught, seely, stowre, swinge, owch, and withouten.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Spenser, Edmund
"The Secretary promises me to swinge him," he wrote in 1711; "I must make that rogue an example for a warning to others."
From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by Aitken, George A.
The young dogs, swinge them to the labour; Let wark an' hunger mak them sober!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
Uncle Archy, this is Lyman Hall; and for all you see him in these fine clothes, he's a swinge cat; a darn sight cleverer fellow than he looks to be.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
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