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swinge
1[ swinj ]
verb (used with object)
, British Dialect.
, swinged, swinge·ing.
- to thrash; punish.
swinge
2[ swinj ]
verb (used with object)
, swinged, swinge·ing.
- to singe.
swinge
/ swɪndʒ /
verb
- archaic.tr to beat, flog, or punish
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Other Words From
- swing·er [swin, -jer], noun
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Word History and Origins
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of swinge1
Old English swengan; related to Old Frisian swenga to drench, Gothic afswaggwjan to cause to sway; see swing
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Example Sentences
Call the quean up; if my men want shoe-thread, Ill swinge her in a stirrup.
From Project Gutenberg
Wherby it appereth that some sort of youth will oft haue his swinge, although it be in a halter.
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