单词 | swingeing |
释义 | swingeingswingingn. The action of swinge v.1; scourging, flogging, beating, dealing of blows. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > specific object a person threshingOE sousingc1580 rib-roast1595 basting1599 swingeing1603 cuffing1610 lamming1611 rib-roasting1613 mauling1621 pinking1637 drubbing1650 diverberation1651 verberation1661 trimming1675 rib1699 thrashing1720 dousing1721 fagging1746 bumping1751 dusting1799 clapperclawing1806 milling1806 hiding1809 punishment1811 doing1814 bethumping1831 mugging1846 jacketing1850 frailing1851 pasting1851 towelling1851 tanning1863 fum-fum1885 ribbing1894 paddywhack1898 tanking1905 beating-up1915 shellacking1931 sloshing1931 clobbering1948 twatting1963 duffing-up1967 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 10 This course of swinging and beating seemeth meete for bondslaves. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 71 Whether it be direct infringing An Oath, if I should wave this swinging. 1844 W. T. Thompson Major Jones's Courtship (ed. 2) xxiii. 180 Go it, old fellow: give the goats a swinging every time you come across them. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 17 To these we paid no heed..being in the thick of swinging. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2019). swingeingadj.adv. 1. That swinges; scourging, flogging. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > that beats swingeinga1614 flauging1682 flogging1682 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > that uses whip or scourge scourgingc1595 whipping1598 swingeinga1614 lashing1645 flagellant1880 a1614 D. Dyke Schoole of Afflict. in Two Treat. (1618) ii. 339 The first Schoolemaster is Affliction. A sharp, and seuere and swinging Schoolemaster indeed. 1614 D. Dyke Myst. Selfe-deceiuing xvii. 219 He tels him of the seuere schoole-master, of the swindging roddes, of the hard feruler. 2. a. Very forcible, great, or large; huge, immense. Chiefly, now only, colloquial or slang; mostly archaic or dialect. (Cf. thumping adj. 2, whopping adj.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great swappingc1440 bumping1566 thumping1576 swingeinga1592 knocking1598 gigantical1604 gigantine1605 gigantean1611 gigantal?1614 thundering1618 whoppinga1625 humming1654 rapping1657 whisking1673 threshing1707 sousing1735 nation1765 heroic1785 runaway1790 spanking1791 gigantic1797 whacking1797 cracking1834 ringing1834 bouncing1842 walloping1847 stavingc1850 banging1864 howling1865 whooping1866 smacking1888 God almighty1913 Christ almighty1961 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > exceptionally large of its kind gurta1400 swappingc1440 swappit?a1513 strongc1540 thwacking1567 thumping1576 bouncing1579 swingeinga1592 whoppinga1625 rapping1657 spankinga1666 whisking1673 swagging1731 skelping?a1786 whacking1797 slapping1825 plumping1832 walloping1847 slashing1854 smacking1888 plonking1896 sollicking1946 a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. H4v May not a man haue a lustie fier there, a pot of good ale, a paire of cardes, a swinging peece of chalke, and a browne toast? 1597 R. Tofte Laura i. xiii. sig. B1v Thicke swinging showers. a1600 Floddan Field (1664) viii. 80 And swindging swaps made many swelt. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. vii. 111 Many other of those foolish and childish Penances may be seen in the Author quoted... There is one swinging one, I can't pass over. 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 58 I dream'd..that a great swinging Thief came in, and whipt 'em out. 1691 A. D'Anvers Academia 30 I had a swinging mind to go, And hear the Organs. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xii My Gentleman must pay him such swindging damages, that his acres may bleed for't. 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 17 Feb. (O.H.S.) I. 187 That Swinging Orthodox G. Burnett Bp. of Sarum. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 13 Nov. (1948) II. 411 I..now have got a swinging cold. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. iii. 19 Lady Sarah Sadleir and Lady Betty Lawrance, will also die, and leave me swindging legacies. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. iii. 163 He hath devoured two swinging buttered Toasts this Morning for Breakfast. View more context for this quotation 1771 O. Goldsmith Haunch of Venison 82 At the top a fried liver and bacon were seen; At the bottom was tripe, in a swinging tureen. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxviii. 337 To make a swingeing profit. 1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye II. xii. 186 The horse fetched a good swinging price. 1876 R. Bridges Growth of Love xxvii Old Leviathan..Had never rib nor bray nor swindging fan Like his iron swimmer of the Clyde or Tyne. 1904 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 July 218/3 The jury gave swinging damages. b. as adv. Hugely, immensely. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely hugelyc1380 huge1508 enormly1538 monstruously?1548 massively1550 monstrously1602 a worlda1616 hugeouslya1643 immensely1654 vastly1664 swingingly1668 hugeous1673 gigantically1678 vast1688 swingeing1690 thumpingly1693 enormously1695 pancratically1727 immense1754 colossally1809 whooping1866 monumentally1877 pyramidically1886 pyramidally1891 galactically1968 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon i. i. 6 He has sent me to will and require you to make a swinging long Night for him. 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 16 Sept. (O.H.S.) I. 288 A swinging fat Wife. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 7 June (1948) I. 292 At dinner there fell the swingingest long shower. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake vi. 248 Our vicar still preaches that Peter and Poule Laid a swinging long curse on the bonny brown bowl. 1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 20 A swingeing big Pig. 1872 C. D. Warner Backlog Stud. 246 Christmas Eve was..a placid, calm, swingeing cold night. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [adjective] mightyeOE craftyeOE richeOE strongeOE wieldeOE mainstrongOE mightOE keena1000 mightfullOE mainfulc1225 reighc1225 starkc1275 boldc1300 fort13.. mightandc1350 strengthya1382 mightifula1400 bigc1400 powerfulc1450 puissant?c1450 mananta1500 mighteousa1500 potenta1500 potential?c1500 vailing1508 forcible1555 potentate1556 swingeing1567 powerable1580 strong-handed1598 strengthful1604 hogen mogen1648 powerlike1657 pollent1660 hogana1672 swayful1767 reverend1826 oomphy1955 kick-ass1977 1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs iii. 18 I wote not who doth rule the winds and beares the swinging swaye. Derivatives ˈswingingly adv. (also 'swingeingly) colloquial or slang very greatly or forcibly, hugely, immensely. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely hugelyc1380 huge1508 enormly1538 monstruously?1548 massively1550 monstrously1602 a worlda1616 hugeouslya1643 immensely1654 vastly1664 swingingly1668 hugeous1673 gigantically1678 vast1688 swingeing1690 thumpingly1693 enormously1695 pancratically1727 immense1754 colossally1809 whooping1866 monumentally1877 pyramidically1886 pyramidally1891 galactically1968 1668 G. Etherege She wou'd if she Cou'd i. i. 5 Prethee let us Dine together to day, and be swingingly merry. 1673 J. Dryden Assignation iii. iii. 38 I have sin'd swingingly, against my Vow. 1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers i. i. 1 We drunk swingingly last night. 1703 D. Defoe Freeholder's Plea in Misc. 172 Only we find we are swingingly tax'd; and they tell us 'tis done by the Parliament. 1720 J. Swift Excellent New Song in Poems 31 This wicked rogue Waters..if swearing can do't, shall be swingingly mawl'd. a1777 S. Foote Trip to Calais (1778) i. 23 I reckon, your lordships were swingingly sous'd on the road? 1903 R. Kipling Lesson in Five Nations 6 This was not bestowèd us under the trees, nor yet in the shade of a tent, But swingingly, over eleven degrees of a bare brown continent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1603adj.adv.1567 |
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