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swive

9 synonyms for swive, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Verb — To have sexual intercourse with someone.

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1. verb

To have sexual intercourse with someone.

2. verb

To cut down a crop in a sweeping motion, as when harvesting it.

Etymology

Came into English via Middle English swiven, from Old English swīfan ("to move, sweep, wend, revolve"), from Proto-Germanic *swībaną ("to wipe, sweep"). It is cognate with Old Frisian swīva, swīfa ("to waver"), Old Norse svīfa ("to drift, ramble, rove"), and Norwegian Nynorsk sviva ("to rotate, wander"), and is related...

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