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swing
/swɪŋ/
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  1. noun
    in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

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    baseball swing cut
    type of:
    shot stroke
  2. noun
    a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

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    jive swing music
    type of:
    jazz
  3. verb
    make a big sweeping gesture or movement

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    sweep swing out
    type of:
    handle manage wield
  4. noun
    a jaunty rhythm in music

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    lilt
    type of:
    rhythmicity
  5. verb
    move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

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    sway
  6. verb
    be a social swinger; socialize a lot

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    get around
    type of:
    socialise socialize
  7. noun
    the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

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    golf shot golf stroke
    type of:
    stroke shot
  8. verb
    hang freely

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    dangle drop
    type of:
    hang
  9. noun
    changing location by moving back and forth

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    swinging vacillation
    type of:
    movement move motion
  10. verb
    influence decisively

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    swing over
  11. verb
    alternate dramatically between high and low values
    "his mood swings" "the market is swinging up and down"
    type of:
    change
  12. noun
    a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
  13. 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"
  14. noun
    a sweeping blow or stroke
    "he took a wild swing at my head"
    type of:
    blow
  15. verb
    change direction with a swinging motion; turn
    "swing back" "swing forward"
    type of:
    travel move locomote go
  16. 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"
    type of:
    fornicate
  17. verb
    have a certain musical rhythm
    "The music has to swing"
    type of:
    be
  18. verb
    hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
    "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
  19. verb
    live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
    "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
    type of:
    live
  20. noun
    mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
  21. verb
    move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
    "swing a bat"
    type of:
    displace move
  22. verb
    play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
    type of:
    play
Examples of swing
  • "his mood swings"
  • "the market is swinging up and down"
  • "the party went with a swing"
  • "it took time to get into the swing of things"
  • "he took a wild swing at my head"
  • "swing back"
  • "swing forward"
  • "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"
  • "The music has to swing"
  • "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
  • "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
  • "swing a bat"
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