different between swingeing vs swinging

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

swinging (countable and uncountable, plural swingings)

1. The act or motion of that which swings.
   • 1973, Socialist Review (volume 8, page 331)

     Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism […]

2. An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners.

Translations

Verb

swinging

1. present participle of swing

Adjective

swinging (comparative more swinging, superlative most swinging)

1. (informal) Fine, good, successful.

2. Alternative form of swingeing

   • “It is an eating fever then,” says the landlady; “for he hath devoured two swinging buttered toasts this morning for breakfast.”

3. Sexually promiscuous.