verb · transitive · rare

swingle

swingle · swingles · swingled · swingling

To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalksTo beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.

/ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
To dangle; to wave hanging.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)To swing for pleasure.

Origin

The noun is from Middle English swingel, from Old English swingel, swingelle (“whip, scour

The noun is from Middle English swingel, from Old English swingel, swingelle (“whip, scourge”), equivalent to swing + -le. Related to Middle Dutch swingel, swengel, Dutch zwingel, zwengel. Doublet of swingel.

From swing + -le (frequentative suffix).

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Forms

swingles, swingling, swingled, swingled

Base form	swingle · to swingle
3rd person singular	swingles
Present participle	swingling
Past simple	swingled
Past participle	swingled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	swingle
he, she, it	swingles

Past simpleLesson

all persons

swingled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have swingled
he, she, it	has swingled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will swingle

Word family

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle