swingeing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb burn superficially or lightly
    swinge; singe.
    • I singed my eyebrows
  2. adjective satellite severe; punishingly bad
    • swingeing taxation
    • swingeing damages awarded by the judge

WordNet


Swinge"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Huge; very large. Colloq. Arbuthnot. Byron. -- Swinge"ing*ly, adv. Dryden.

Webster 1913