Meaning & use
Swang
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A dialectal or archaic past tense of 'swing,' now nonstandard in place of 'swung.'
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The old sign swang loosely on its rusty hinge all night long.
He swang the axe with all the strength he had left.
A note on using this word
'Swang' survives mainly in regional dialects and older literary or folk speech; standard modern English uses 'swung' instead.
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