RhymeZone: swingle definitions

Definitions of Swingle:

name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #11292)

noun: An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
noun: The swinging part of a flail, especially that which is used on the grain in threshing; the swiple.
verb: (transitive) To beat or flog, especially for extracting the fibres from flax stalks; to scutch.
verb: To dangle; to wave hanging.
verb: (obsolete, UK, dialect) To swing for pleasure.
noun: A surname.

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