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swing-swang|ˈswɪŋˌswæŋ|
Also swing swong.
[Reduplicated f. swing v.1 with change of vowel.]
A swinging to and fro; a (double or complete) oscillation; a reciprocating movement, occas. see-saw. Also fig. and attrib.
c1683Hooke Posth. Wks. (1705) 472 Not that I pretend to discover any new Thing,..'tis, as trivial as the pendulous vibrating Motion, which, in Contempt, hath been call'd Swing Swangs. 1773C. Dibdin Deserter i. ii. (1775) 10 The parish-bell may toll, Gra'mercy on my soul! Ding dong! Swing swong! 1829R. L. Sheil in New Monthly Mag. Aug. 98 In a beautiful walk of trees, which ran down from the rear of the building through the play-ground, I saw several French boys playing at swing-swang. 1829[H. Best] Pers. & Lit. Mem. 174 A friend of mine at Oxford called it the swing-swang style. 1887Max Müller in Fortn. Rev. May 704 Is, then, our knowledge nothing but a perpetual swing-swang? 1910G. Chrystal Seiches, etc. Lake Surfaces i. 29 The swing-swang of a clock-pendulum. |