How to pronounce "swing"

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Meanings and definitions of "swing"

Noun

a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things"

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• swing

Noun

mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

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• swing

Noun

a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"

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• swing

Noun

changing location by moving back and forth

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• swing
• swinging
• vacillation

Noun

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

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• swing
• swing music
• jive

Noun

a jaunty rhythm in music

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• lilt
• swing

Noun

the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

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• golf stroke
• golf shot
• swing

Noun

in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"

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• baseball swing
• swing
• cut

Noun

a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

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• swing

Verb

move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"

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• swing

Verb

move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"

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• swing
• sway

Verb

change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"

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• swing

Verb

influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"

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• swing
• swing over

Verb

make a big sweeping gesture or movement

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• swing
• sweep
• swing out

Verb

hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"

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• dangle
• swing
• drop

Verb

hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"

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• swing

Verb

alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"

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• swing

Verb

live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"

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• swing

Verb

have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"

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• swing

Verb

be a social swinger; socialize a lot

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• swing
• get around

Verb

play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

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• swing

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"

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• swing