SWING

Definition:

1. [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"
   
   
2. [noun] mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
   
   
3. [noun] a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"
   
   
4. [noun] changing location by moving back and forth
   Synonyms: ing, vacillation
   
   
5. [noun] a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
   Synonyms: music, jive
   
   
6. [noun] a jaunty rhythm in music
   Synonyms: lilt
   
   
7. [noun] the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
   Synonyms: golf stroke, golf shot
   
   
8. [noun] in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
   Synonyms: baseball cut
   
   
9. [noun] a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
   
   
10. [verb] move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
    
    
11. [verb] move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
    Synonyms: sway
    
    
12. [verb] change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"
    
    
13. [verb] influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"
    Synonyms: over
    
    
14. [verb] make a big sweeping gesture or movement
    Synonyms: sweep, out
    
    
15. [verb] hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
    Synonyms: dangle, drop
    
    
16. [verb] hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
    
    
17. [verb] alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
    
    
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
    Synonyms: get around
    
    
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"
    
    

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Related Words:

• wind up
• waver, weave
• lash
• oscillate, vibrate
• brachiate
• droop, loll
• fluctuate, vacillate, waver
• trapeze
• downswing
• slice, fade, slicing
• hook, draw, hooking
• drive, driving
• explosion
• putt, putting
• approach, approach shot
• sclaff
• shank
• teeoff

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