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    swinge
    /swɪn(d)ʒ/

    verb

    • 1. strike hard; beat: literary "did she not swinge the dragon of ripsnorting inflation?"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › swingeSwinge Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Verb. Not so reassuring for any commoners, faced with an ongoing cost-of-living crisis and swingeing arts cuts liable only to seal the drawbridge shut. Mike McCahill, Variety, 8 May 2023. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'swinge.'.

  3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSWINGE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    to beat, flog, or punish. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. Old English swengan; related to Old Frisian swenga to drench, Gothic afswaggwjan to cause to sway; see swing.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › swingeSWINGE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Swinge definition: to thrash; punish.. See examples of SWINGE used in a sentence.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › swingeSwinge - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    2 days ago · burn superficially or lightly.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › swingeSwinge - definition of swinge by The Free Dictionary

    Define swinge. swinge synonyms, swinge pronunciation, swinge translation, English dictionary definition of swinge. tr.v. swinged , swinge·ing also swing·ing , swing·es Archaic To punish with blows; thrash; beat. swing′er n.

  7. www.yourdictionary.com › swingeSwinge Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Swinge Definition. To punish with blows; beat; whip. (archaic) To move like a lash; to lash. (archaic) To strike hard. (archaic) A swinging blow.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › swinge_v2swinge, v.² meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    The earliest known use of the verb swinge is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for swinge is from 1590, in the writing of Edmund Spenser, poet and administrator in Ireland. swinge is perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

  9. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › swingeswinge - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · swinge (third-person singular simple present swinges, present participle swinging or swingeing, simple past and past participle swinged) To singe.

  10. www.wordnik.com › words › swingeswinge - definition and meaning - Wordnik

    noun Sway; control. To beat; strike; whip; of persons, to chastise; punish. To move, as a lash; lash; swing. To forge; weld together, as by beating with a hammer; swage. noun The portion of a flail which falls upon the grain. noun A singe. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  11. www.wordreference.com › definition › swingeswinge - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

    swinge - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. All Free.