name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
swingle
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rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl
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/ˈswɪŋ(ɡ)əl/
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/ˈswɪnd͡ʒəl/
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rhymes with -ɪŋəl
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rhymes with -ɪndʒəl
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CMU ARPABET: S W IH1 NG G AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
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Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
Meaning 3
The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swipple.
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verb
Meaning 4
To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To dangle; to wave hanging.
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verb
Meaning 6
To swing for pleasure.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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History
Etymology
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. The verb is from Middle English swingelen, from the noun. Related to Middle Dutch swingelen, swengelen.
From swing + -le (frequentative suffix).