different between dwang vs swang

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch dwang, from Middle Dutch dwanc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwæ?/

Noun

dwang (plural dwangs)

1. (Scotland, New Zealand) A horizontal timber (or steel) section used in the construction of a building.
2. A large metal crowbar.

References

• dwang in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dwanc, from Old Dutch *thwang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???/
• Hyphenation: dwang
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

dwang m (uncountable)

1. coercion, compulsion

Derived terms

• dwangarbeid, dwangarbeider
• dwangbevel
• dwangbuis
• dwangmaatregel
• dwangmatig
• dwangmiddel
• dwangnagel
• dwangpositie
• dwangrail
• dwangsom
• dwangvoorstelling
• dwangzet
• huwelijksdwang
• lijfsdwang

Related terms

• dwingen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dwang

Further reading

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: sw?ng, IPA^(key): /swæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

Noun

swang (plural swangs)

1. A swamp.

Etymology 2

Verb

swang (third-person singular simple present swangs, present participle swanging, simple past and past participle swanged)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) To steer one's vehicle from side to side while driving.
   • 2005, Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone), "Ridin'", The Sound of Revenge:

     Turn on my blinker light and then I swang it slow

   • 2006, Trae (featuring Pimp C and Big Hawk), "Swang", Restless:

     I'mma swang, I'mma swing my slab lean to the left

   • 2010, G. Washington, Karma from the Cradle to the Street, Xlibris (2010), ?ISBN, page 118:

     Caine pulled off burning rubber and swanging side to side.

2. (archaic and dialectal) simple past tense of swing. Now largely replaced by swung.

Anagrams

• gawns, gnaws, wangs