- verbswing (verb) · swings (third person present) · swung (past tense) · swung (past participle) · swinging (present participle)
- 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"
- informalbe 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.
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
- informalsucceed in bringing about:"with us backing you we might be able to swing something"
- play music with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm:"the band swung on"
- (of music) be played with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm.
- informal(of an event, place, or way of life) be lively, exciting, or fashionable.
- informalengage in group sex or swap sexual partners within a group, especially on a habitual basis.
nounswing (noun) · swings (plural noun)- 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.
- 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"
- a discernible change in opinion:"the South's swing to the right"
- a style of jazz or dance music with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm.
- the rhythmic feeling or drive of swing music.
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHa swift tour involving a number of stops, especially one undertaken as part of a political campaign.
- (in musical theater) an understudy, typically one who covers multiple roles in the chorus of a particular production.
OriginOld English swingan ‘to beat, whip’, also ‘rush’, geswing ‘a stroke with a weapon’, of Germanic origin; related to German schwingen ‘brandish’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis:
- shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another:
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