swing

n.

in full swing

swing

v.

1. To describe an arc

   sway, pivot, rotate, turn, turn about, revolve, fluctuate, waver, palpitate, oscillate, vibrate, undulate, turn on an axis; see also rock, wave 3.

2. To cause to swing, sense 1

   wield, flourish, brandish, whirl, twirl, wave, hurl to and fro, throw around in a circle.

swing suggests the to-and-fro motion of something that is suspended, hinged, pivoted, etc. so that it is free to turn or swivel at the point or points of attachment a swinging door; sway describes the slow swinging motion of something flexible or self-balancing, whether attached or unattached, in yielding to pressure, weight, etc. branches swaying in the wind, a drunk swaying as he walked; to oscillate is to swing back and forth, within certain limits, in the manner of a pendulum; vibrate suggests a rapid, regular, back-and-forth motion, as of a plucked, taut string, and is applied in physics to a similar movement of the particles of a fluid or elastic medium the table began to vibrate with the soundfluctuate implies continual, irregular alternating movements and is now most common in its extended sense fluctuating prices; undulate implies a gentle wavelike motion or form undulating hills, grass undulating in the breeze