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swing

/sˈwɪŋ/SWING
/sˈwɪŋ/SWING

Meaningbeating, swinging

Common meaning: to move to and fro

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishswingansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishswingensource
  3. Englishswing‘to move to and fro’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English swingan ‘beating, swinging’.

Roots

  • swingan Old English “beating, swinging”

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