different between swingeing vs swinge

English

Etymology

swinge +? -ing. Swinge is derived from Middle English swenge (“to strike”), from Old English swengan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sw?n(d)???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sw?nd???/
• Hyphenation: swinge?ing

Adjective

swingeing (comparative more swingeing, superlative most swingeing)

1. (chiefly Britain) Huge, immense.

   Synonyms: whopping; see also Thesaurus:gigantic
2. Heavy, powerful, scathing.

Derived terms

• swingeingly

Related terms

• swinge
• swinger (“one who swinges; anything very large, forcible, or astonishing”) (obsolete, slang)

Verb

swingeing

1. (archaic) present participle of swinge.

English

Etymology

From Middle English swenge (“to strike”), from Old English swen?an (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sw?nd??/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Verb

swinge (third-person singular simple present swinges, present participle swinging or swingeing, simple past swinged or swonge, past participle swinged or swongen) (forms with o are obsolete)

1. (obsolete) To singe.
2. (archaic) To move like a lash; to lash.
3. (archaic) To strike hard.
   • 1679, Aphra Behn, The Feigned Courtesans, in (The plays of) Aphra Behn, Oxford University press 2000, p.233. ?ISBN

     Sir Feeble: Tis jelousy, the old worm that bites. [To Sir Cautious] Whom is it that you suspect.

     Sir Cautious: Alas I know not whom to suspect, I would I did; but if you discover him, I would swinge him.

4. (obsolete) To chastise; to beat.
   • a. 1575, unknown author, The marriage of Wit and Wisdom

     O, the passion of God, so I shall be swinged.

     So, my bones shall be banged?

     The porridge pot is stolen? what, Lob, say,

     Come away, and be hanged?

Related terms

• swingeing

Noun

swinge (plural swinges)

1. (archaic) A swinging blow.
2. (obsolete) Power; sway; influence.

Anagrams

• Winges, sewing, winges