different between swingeing vs swingling

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

Verb

swingling

1. present participle of swingle

Noun

swingling (plural swinglings)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of beating flax in order to extract the fibres.
   • 1787, The American Museum, Or Universal Magazine

     […] then lay over these sticks, either a clean old blanket, or, if that be not at hand, a quantity of the swinglings of flax […]