swinge (swĭnj) tr.v. swinged ,
swinge·ing also
swing·ing ,
swing·es Archaic To punish with blows; thrash; beat.
[Middle English swengen , to shake, dash , from Old English swengan .]
swing′er (swĭn′jər) n.
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swinge (swɪndʒ ) vb ,
swinges ,
swingeing ,
swinging or swinged (tr ) archaic to beat, flog, or punish
[Old English swengan; related to Old Frisian swenga to drench, Gothic afswaggwjan to cause to sway; see swing]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
swinge (swɪndʒ) v.t. swinged, swinge•ing. Brit. Dial. to thrash; punish.
[1250–1300; Middle English swengen to shake, smite, Old English swengan ]
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swinge Past participle: swingedGerund: swingeing/swingingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I swinge you swinge he/she/it swinges we swinge you swinge they swinge
Preterite I swinged you swinged he/she/it swinged we swinged you swinged they swinged
Present Continuous I am swingeing/swinging you are swingeing/swinging he/she/it is swingeing/swinging we are swingeing/swinging you are swingeing/swinging they are swingeing/swinging
Present Perfect I have swinged you have swinged he/she/it has swinged we have swinged you have swinged they have swinged
Past Continuous I was swingeing/swinging you were swingeing/swinging he/she/it was swingeing/swinging we were swingeing/swinging you were swingeing/swinging they were swingeing/swinging
Past Perfect I had swinged you had swinged he/she/it had swinged we had swinged you had swinged they had swinged
Future I will swinge you will swinge he/she/it will swinge we will swinge you will swinge they will swinge
Future Perfect I will have swinged you will have swinged he/she/it will have swinged we will have swinged you will have swinged they will have swinged
Future Continuous I will be swingeing/swinging you will be swingeing/swinging he/she/it will be swingeing/swinging we will be swingeing/swinging you will be swingeing/swinging they will be swingeing/swinging
Present Perfect Continuous I have been swingeing/swinging you have been swingeing/swinging he/she/it has been swingeing/swinging we have been swingeing/swinging you have been swingeing/swinging they have been swingeing/swinging
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been swingeing/swinging you will have been swingeing/swinging he/she/it will have been swingeing/swinging we will have been swingeing/swinging you will have been swingeing/swinging they will have been swingeing/swinging
Past Perfect Continuous I had been swingeing/swinging you had been swingeing/swinging he/she/it had been swingeing/swinging we had been swingeing/swinging you had been swingeing/swinging they had been swingeing/swinging
Conditional I would swinge you would swinge he/she/it would swinge we would swinge you would swinge they would swinge
Past Conditional I would have swinged you would have swinged he/she/it would have swinged we would have swinged you would have swinged they would have swinged
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Verb 1. swinge - burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows"blacken ,
char ,
sear ,
scorch - burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
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