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swing

/ swing /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
changing location by moving back and forth
Type of:
motion movement move
Derived:
fluctuate vacillate waver dangle drop
verb Sense 2
make a big sweeping gesture or movement
Type of:
wield handle
Derived:
sweep
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
Type of:
play
Derived:
lilt
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
music
verb Sense 4
move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
"He swung back"
Type of:
move back and forth
Kinds of:
waver weave lash oscillate vibrate
Derived:
rock careen sway tilt swinging
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
change direction with a swinging motion; turn
"swing back"
"swing forward"
Type of:
travel go move
Derived:
swinging vacillation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
"He swung his left fist"
"swing a bat"
Type of:
move displace
Kinds of:
wind up
Derived:
golf stroke golf shot swinger
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 7
be a social swinger; socialize a lot
Type of:
socialize socialise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 8
influence decisively
"This action swung many votes over to his side"
Type of:
influence act upon work
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 9
live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
"The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
Type of:
live
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 10
engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one''s friends
"There were many swinging couples in the 1960''s"
Type of:
fornicate
Derived:
swinger tramp
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 11
hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
"The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
Type of:
aim take train
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 12
alternate dramatically between high and low values
"his mood swings"
"the market is swinging up and down"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
fluctuate vacillate waver
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 13
a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
Type of:
country-dance country dancing contredanse
Has parts:
square dance square dancing
noun Sense 14
a sweeping blow or stroke
"he took a wild swing at my head"
Type of:
blow
Derived:
sweep swing out
noun Sense 15
mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
Type of:
mechanical device plaything toy
Kinds of:
trapeze
Has parts:
playground
Derived:
dangle drop
noun Sense 16
a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
Type of:
jazz
Derived:
jive
noun Sense 17
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"
Type of:
action activity activeness
verb Sense 18
have a certain musical rhythm
"The music has to swing"
Type of:
be
Derived:
swing music jive lilt
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 19
a jaunty rhythm in music
Type of:
rhythmicity
Derived:
lilt
noun Sense 20
in baseball; a batter''s attempt to hit a pitched ball
"he took a vicious cut at the ball"
Type of:
stroke shot
verb Sense 21
hang freely
"the ornaments dangled from the tree"
"The light dropped from the ceiling"
Type of:
hang
Kinds of:
droop loll
Derived:
swinging vacillation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun Sense 22
the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
Type of:
stroke shot
Kinds of:
downswing slice fade slicing hook
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
22
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
91
Times Searched
3
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motion movement move wield handle play move back and forth waver weave lash oscillate vibrate