swingeing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swingeing	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for swingeing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swingeing adj severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swinge \Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swinged} (sw[icr]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Swingeing} (sw[icr]nj"[icr]ng).] [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See {Swing}.] 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. I had swinged him soundly. --Shak. And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden. 2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swingeing \Swinge"ing\, a. Huge; very large. [Colloq.] --Arbuthnot. --Byron. -- {Swinge"ing*ly}, adv. --Dryden.