Past tense of swing

Forms of swing

Less standard forms: swang (dialectal).

Swung in a sentence

• The plant swung in the breeze.
• With one accord the tribe swung rapidly toward the frightened cries, and there found Terkoz holding an old female by the hair and beating her unmercifully with his great hands.1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as...
• I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.From the entry tanker
• He swung wildly at the guy's head, but ended up on the floor.From the entry wildly
• The ship swung broadside on to the current of the river.From the entry broadside on

Meaning of swing

1. verb To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
2. verb To dance.
3. verb To ride on a swing.

Full definition of swing

Verbs like swing

• spring (sprang)
• hang (hung)
• sing (sang)
• sling (slung)

More about swing

• Meaning of swing
• Synonyms of swing
• Swing in a sentence
• Plural of swing
• Swing in Hindi
• Swing in Tamil
• Swing in Marathi
• Swing in Urdu

Questions about the past tense of swing

What is the past tense of swing?

The past tense of swing is swung.

What is the past participle of swing?

The past participle of swing is swung.

Is swing a regular or irregular verb?

Swing is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.

Is swang correct?

swang is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of swing is swung.