swinge
1 Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- swinger noun
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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For the sake of your beaux yeux he will have to swinge them, and lustily.
From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John
O winds, winds, up and sweep, Up and blow and billow the air, Billow the air with blow and swinge, Rend me this ghastly house of groans!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
Ye dry bisket rogue, I will so swinge you for this blasphemie— Have I found you out?
From The Little French Lawyer A Comedy by Beaumont, Francis
"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
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