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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

swingeing
    adj 1: severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing
           damages awarded by the judge"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Swingeing \Swinge"ing\, a.
   Huge; very large. [Colloq.] --Arbuthnot. --Byron. --
   Swinge"ing*ly, adv. --Dryden.
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Thesaurus Results for Swingeing:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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