swang

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: swăng, IPA^(key): /swæŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

Noun

swang (plural swangs)

1. A swamp.

Etymology 2

Verb

swang (third-person singular simple present swangs, present participle swanging, simple past and past participle swanged)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang) To steer one's vehicle from side to side while driving.
   • 2005, Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone), "Ridin'", The Sound of Revenge:

     Turn on my blinker light and then I swang it slow

   • 2006, Trae (featuring Pimp C and Big Hawk), "Swang", Restless:

     I'mma swang, I'mma swing my slab lean to the left

   • 2010, G. Washington, Karma from the Cradle to the Street, Xlibris, published 2010, →ISBN, page 118:

     Caine pulled off burning rubber and swanging side to side.

2. (archaic and dialectal) simple past of swing. Now largely replaced by swung.

See also

• swing-swang

Etymology 3

Verb

swang

1. simple past of swing

Anagrams

• gawns, gnaws, wangs

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swɑnɡ/, [swɑŋɡ]

Verb

swang

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of swingan