Meanings of swinge in English

He would swinge the hair and the little nigger would yell, but he wouldn't be hurt.

But at both Sholto there is my master, and doth ofttimes swinge me tightly for my soul's good.

It hurled Dyckman against and along the big table, just as he put home one magnificent, majestic, mellifluous swinge with all his body in it.

For they live in a swingeing wine-press, fifty steps up to it.

They would face swingeing fines if found to be in breach.

Many of the airlines who operate such aircraft have already revealed swingeing job cuts.

There were swingeing downgrades, incestuous upgrades, strong figures, regulatory impacts, mergers shocks and bids.

The article also said swingeing cuts to the library service were initially proposed in Hertfordshire.

He would have liked to leave the banqueting hall at once with a swingeing curse.

It relies on Dublin being able to impose harsh spending cuts and swingeing tax increases.

The WTO demands swingeing cuts in price support.

Although that bad idea was abandoned, large depositors suffered swingeing losses, helping cause a steep recession.

On the face of it, a suspended ejection from Euro 2016 looks a bold, swingeing punishment.

Banks say they fear swingeing fines and reputational risk if they are seen to be facilitating terrorism.

The English RFU have made swingeing changes to the senior management coaching structure of the national side.

This is all swingeing satire, yet oddly heartening, the most encouraging statement about Britain in the place.