Lexic.us

Definition of Swing

1. Noun. A state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity. "It took time to get into the swing of things"

2. Verb. Move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting. "The girls swing the wooden sticks"; "Swing a bat"

3. Noun. Mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth.

4. Verb. Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner. "The wooden sticks swing "; "He swung back"

5. Noun. A sweeping blow or stroke. "He took a wild swing at my head"

6. Verb. Change direction with a swinging motion; turn. "Swing forward"

7. Noun. Changing location by moving back and forth.

8. Verb. Influence decisively. "This action swung many votes over to his side"

9. Noun. A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.

10. Verb. Make a big sweeping gesture or movement.

11. Noun. A jaunty rhythm in music.

12. Verb. Hang freely. "The lights swing from the ceiling"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"

13. Noun. The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it.

14. Verb. Hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement. "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"

15. Noun. In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball. "He took a vicious cut at the ball"

16. Verb. Alternate dramatically between high and low values. "The market is swinging up and down"

17. Noun. A square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them.

18. Verb. Live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style. "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"

19. Verb. Have a certain musical rhythm. "The music has to swing"

20. Verb. Be a social swinger; socialize a lot.

21. Verb. Play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

22. Verb. Engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends. "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"

Definition of Swing

1. v. i. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

2. v. t. To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.

3. n. The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.

Definition of Swing

1. to move freely back and forth [v SWUNG or SWANG, SWINGING, SWINGS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swing

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swineries swinery swines swine flu swine influenza swing (current term) swingby swingbys swinge swinged

swingeing swinger swingers swinges swingier swingiest swinging swingingest swingingly swingings

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