swing
Nouns
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(n) 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
- (n) mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
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(n) a sweeping blow or stroke
- he took a wild swing at my head
- (n) changing location by moving back and forth swinging, vacillation,
- (n) a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz jive, swing music,
- (n) a jaunty rhythm in music lilt,
- (n) the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it golf shot, golf stroke,
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(n) in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- he took a vicious cut at the ball
- (n) a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
Verbs
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(v) move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- He swung his left fist
- swing a bat
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(v) move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- He swung back
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(v) change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- swing back
- swing forward
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(v) influence decisively
- This action swung many votes over to his side
- (v) make a big sweeping gesture or movement swing out, sweep,
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(v) hang freely
- the ornaments dangled from the tree
- The light dropped from the ceiling
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(v) hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- The soccer player began to swing at the referee
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(v) alternate dramatically between high and low values
- his mood swings
- the market is swinging up and down
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(v) live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
- The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely
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(v) have a certain musical rhythm
- The music has to swing
- (v) be a social swinger; socialize a lot get around,
- (v) play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
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(v) engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
- There were many swinging couples in the 1960's