Swingeing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swingeing \Swinge"ing\, a.
     Huge; very large. [Colloq.] --Arbuthnot. --Byron. --
     {Swinge"ing*ly}, adv. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  swingeing
       adj : severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing
             damages awarded by the judge"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "swingeing":
     Draconian, bully, capital, champion, considerable, daunting,
     devastating, drastic, enormous, excessive, excruciating,
     exorbitant, famous, harsh, huge, immense, major, oppressive,
     painful, prime, punishing, severe, stringent, stunning, superior,
     thumping, top, violent