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    verb
    swing (verb) · swings (third person present) · swung (past tense) · swung (past participle) · swinging (present participle)
    1. move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis:
      "her long black skirt swung about her legs" · "a priest began swinging a censer"
      • informal
        be executed by hanging:
        "now he was going to swing for it"
      • turn (a ship or aircraft) to all compass points in succession, in order to test compass error.
    2. move by grasping a support from below and leaping:
      "we swung across like two trapeze artists" · "the Irishman swung himself into the saddle"
      • move quickly around to the opposite direction:
        "Ronni had swung around to face him"
      • move with a rhythmic swaying gait:
        "the riflemen swung along smartly"
    3. move or cause to move in a smooth, curving line:
      "the cab swung into the parking lot" · "he swung her bag up onto the rack"
      • bring down (something held) with a curving movement, typically in order to hit an object:
        "I swung the club and missed the ball"
      • (swing at)
        attempt to hit or punch, typically with a wide curving movement of the arm:
        "he swung at me with the tire iron"
      • throw (a punch) with a swinging movement:
        "she swung a punch at him"
    4. shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another:
      "opinion swung in the Chancellor's favor" · "the failure to seek a peace could swing sentiment the other way"
      • have a decisive influence on (something, especially a vote or election):
        "an attempt to swing the vote in their favor"
      • informal
        succeed in bringing about:
        "with us backing you we might be able to swing something"
    5. play music with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm:
      "the band swung on"
      • (of music) be played with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm.
    6. informal
      (of an event, place, or way of life) be lively, exciting, or fashionable.
    7. informal
      engage in group sex or swap sexual partners within a group, especially on a habitual basis.
    noun
    swing (noun) · swings (plural noun)
    1. a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
      • a spell of swinging on a seat suspended by ropes or chains.
    2. an act of swinging:
      "with the swing of her arm, the knife flashed through the air"
      • the manner in which a golf club or a bat is swung:
        "improve your golf swing"
      • the motion of swinging:
        "this short cut gave her hair new movement and swing"
    3. a discernible change in opinion:
      "the South's swing to the right"
    4. a style of jazz or dance music with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm.
      • the rhythmic feeling or drive of swing music.
    5. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      a swift tour involving a number of stops, especially one undertaken as part of a political campaign.
    6. (in musical theater) an understudy, typically one who covers multiple roles in the chorus of a particular production.
    Origin
    Old English swingan ‘to beat, whip’, also ‘rush’, geswing ‘a stroke with a weapon’, of Germanic origin; related to German schwingen ‘brandish’.
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    verb
    1. move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis:
      sway
      oscillate
      wave
      wag
      dangle
      rock
      flutter
      flap
      vibrate
      quiver
      brandish
      flourish
      wield
      raise
      shake
      twirl
      move back and forth
      move to and fro
      • shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another:
        change
        fluctuate
        oscillate
        waver
        alternate
        see-saw
        yo-yo
        vary
        shift
        alter
        undulate
        ebb and flow
        rise and fall
        go up and down
        go back and forth
      noun
      1. an act of swinging:
        swaying
        oscillation
        undulation
        wagging
        toing and froing
        wobble
        libration
      2. a discernible change in opinion:
        change
        move
        turnaround
        turnabout
        reversal
        about turn
        about face
        volte face
        U-turn
        sea change
        swerve
        backtracking
        tergiversation
        trend
        tendency
        drift
        movement
        current
        course
        fluctuation
        shift
        switch
        variation
        oscillation
        change of heart
        change of loyalties
        Opposite:
        stability
      3. a style of jazz or dance music with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm.
        rhythm
        beat
        pulse
        cadence
        pace
        measure
        meter
        tempo
        lilt
        rhythmical flow/pattern

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