Swing, v. a.
- 1. Cause to swing, wave, or vibrate.
- 2. Wave, flourish, brandish, move to and fro, whirl.
Swing, n.
- 1. Oscillation, vibration, waving motion.
- 2. Scope, range, play, margin, free play, full play, elbow-room, free course, sweep.
- 3. Bias, tendency, inclination.
Swinge, v. a. Beat, whip, scourge, flog, lash, bastinade, switch, chastise, punish.
Swingel, n. Swiple.
Swingle, n. Swingle-staff, swingling-staff, swingling-knife, swingling-wand.
Swingle, v. a. Dress with a swingle (as flax), beat with a swingle.
Swingle-tree, n. Whiffle-tree, whipple-tree, single-tree, swing-tree.
Swingling-knife, Swingling-staff, Swingling-wand, n. Swingle.
Swinish, a. Hoggish, piggish, gross, sensual, brutish, beastly.
Swinish multitude. Rabble, great unwashed, mob, rabble rout, horde, scum of the people, dregs of society, canaille.
Swipe, n. Sweep, swape, well-sweep.
Swiple, n. Swingel.
Swirl, v. a. and v. n. Whirl, eddy.
Swirl, n. Eddy, whirl, gyration.
Swiss, n.
- 1. Swiss language, language of Switzerland.
- 2. [sing. and pl.] Switzer, inhabitant of Switzerland.
Switch, n. Rod, twig, stick, birch.
Switch, v. a. Beat, whip, lash, swinge, flog, birch, cane, dust one’s jacket.
Switchel, n. Sweetened water, molasses and water.