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swinge
1[ swinj ]
verb (used with object)
British Dialect.
swinged, swingeing.
- to thrash; punish.
swinge
2[ swinj ]
verb (used with object)
swinged, swingeing.
- to singe.
swinge
/ ɪԻ /
verb
- archaic.tr to beat, flog, or punish
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Other Word Forms
- ɾԲ· [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
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If 'twere not here, Where reverence bids me hold, I would so swinge thee, thou rude, Unmanner'd Knave; take from his bounty, His honour that he gives me, to beget Sawcy, and sullen fears?
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He must swinge them, like it or not!
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That was all: Say yes, good Sir John—or I'll swinge you.
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That lying cut is lost that she is not swinged and beaten, And yet for all my good name it were a small amends!
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My age! do not use That word again; if you do, I shall grow young, And swinge you soundly.
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