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swing
(sw/I//N/
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noun (n)
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity(noun.state)Example:
The party went with a swing.
It took time to get into the swing of things.
source: wordnet30 - mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a sweeping blow or stroke(noun.act)Example:
He took a wild swing at my head.
source: wordnet30 - changing location by moving back and forth(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting(verb.motion)Example:
Swing a bat.
source: wordnet30 - change direction with a swinging motion; turn(verb.motion)Example:
Swing back.
Swing forward.
source: wordnet30 - hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement(verb.competition)Example:
The soccer player began to swing at the referee.
source: wordnet30 - alternate dramatically between high and low values(verb.change)Example:
His mood swings.
The market is swinging up and down.
source: wordnet30 - live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style(verb.stative)Example:
The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely.
source: wordnet30 - have a certain musical rhythm(verb.stative)Example:
The music has to swing.
source: wordnet30 - play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm(verb.creation)source: wordnet30
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends(verb.contact)Example:
There were many swinging couples in the 1960's.
source: wordnet30 - To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.(verb)source: webster1913
- To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.(verb)source: webster1913