'Swingeing' definitions:

Definition of 'swingeing'

From: WordNet
adjective
Severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"

Definition of 'Swingeing'

From: GCIDE
  • Swingeing \Swinge"ing\, a. Huge; very large. [Colloq.] --Arbuthnot. --Byron. -- {Swinge"ing*ly}, adv. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Swingeing'

From: GCIDE
  • Swinge \Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (sw[i^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Swingeing (sw[i^]nj"[i^]ng).] [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.]
  • 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. [1913 Webster]
  • I had swinged him soundly. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. --Milton. [1913 Webster]