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

    transitive verb. dialect. : singe, scorch. Examples of swinge in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. 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.

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

    to punish with blows; beat; whip. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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

    burn superficially or lightly.

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

    swinge. (swĭnj) tr.v. swinged, swinge·ing also swing·ing, swing·es Archaic. To punish with blows; thrash; beat. [Middle English swengen, to shake, dash, from Old English swengan .] swing′er (swĭn′jər) n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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

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

  6. 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.

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

    Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the verb swinge mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb swinge. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English. Entry status.