verb
- to beat or strike forcefully
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The old farmer would swinge his lazy workers with a switch.
- In medieval times, masters would swinge their apprentices for poor work.
- The angry father threatened to swinge his disobedient son.
- She watched him swinge the carpet to remove the dust.
- The captain ordered his men to swinge the deserter.
- They would swinge the grain to separate it from the chaff.