Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for swinney. Search instead for Swineery.

swinney

American  
[swin-ee] / ˈswɪn i /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

  1. sweeny.

Swinney British  
/ ˈswɪnɪ /

noun

  1. John ( Ramsay ). born 1964, Scottish politician; leader of the Scottish National Party (2000–04); Scottish government finance minister from 2007

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He felt of her muscles, and carefully scrutinized her for swelling or swinney or splint or spavin or thoroughpin.

From Vandemark's Folly by Quick, Herbert

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.