Found 2 items, similar to Swingeing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: swingeing
swingeing
adj : severe; punishingly bad;
“swingeing taxation”;
“swingeing
damages awarded by the judge”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Swingeing
Swingeing
\Swinge"ing\, a.
Huge; very large. [Colloq.] --Arbuthnot. --Byron. --
Swinge"ing*ly, adv. --Dryden.
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Swinge
\Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Swinged (sw[i^]njd); p.
pr. & vb. n.
Swingeing (sw[i^]nj"[i^]ng).] [OE. swengen,
AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See
Swing.]
1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
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I had swinged him soundly. --Shak.
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And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden.
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2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.]
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Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
--Milton.
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