Swing meaning

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To ride on a swing.

verb

To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm.

Swung at the ball.

verb

The definition of a swing is a movement in a back and forth direction or a piece of playground equipment for moving backward and forward.

An example of a swing is the movement of a yo yo being rocked back and forth by its string.

An example of a swing is a board of wood with two ropes on each side that is found hanging from a play structure at a park.

noun

To move laterally or in a curve.

The car swung over to the curb.

verb

To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot.

verb

To move along with an easy, swaying gait.

Swinging down the road.

verb

To propel oneself from one place or position to another by grasping a fixed support.

Swinging through the trees.

verb

To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate.

verb

(slang) To be put to death by hanging.

verb

To cause to move back and forth, as on a swing.

verb

To suspend so as to sway or turn freely.

Swung a hammock between two trees.

verb

The sweep or scope of something that swings.

The pendulum's swing is 12 inches.

noun

A blow or stroke executed with a sweeping motion of the arm.

noun

The manner in which one swings something, such as a bat or golf club.

noun

A shift from one attitude, position, or condition to another.

A swing to conservatism.

noun

Freedom of action.

The children have free swing in deciding what color to paint their room.

noun

A course or tour that returns to the starting point.

A swing across the state while campaigning.

noun

A seat suspended from above, as by ropes, on which one can ride back and forth for recreation.

noun

The normal rhythm of life or pace of activities.

Back in the swing.

noun

A steady, vigorous rhythm or movement, as in verse.

noun

A regular movement up or down, as in stock prices.

noun

(music) Relating to or performing swing.

A swing band.

adjective

Determining an outcome; decisive.

The swing vote.

adjective

To sway or move backward and forward with regular movement, as a freely hanging object or a ship at anchor; oscillate.

verb

To turn or pivot, as on a hinge or swivel.

The door swung open.

verb

To move backward and forward on a swing.

verb

To have an exciting rhythmic quality.

Music that really swings.

verb

(slang) To be ultra-fashionable, sophisticated, active, etc., esp. in the pursuit of pleasure.

verb

To cause (a hanging object) to sway backward and forward; specif., to cause (a person on a swing) to move backward and forward by pushing or pulling the swing.

verb

To cause to turn or pivot, as on a hinge or swivel.

To swing a door open.

verb

To cause to hang freely, so as to be capable of easy movement.

To swing a hammock.

verb

To cause to move in a curve.

To swing a car around a corner.

verb

To head (a ship or aircraft) toward each of the points of the compass in order to determine compass error resulting from deviation.

verb

To play (music) in the style of swing.

verb

The act or process of swinging.

noun

The arc, or the length of the arc, through which something swings.

The swing of a pendulum.

noun

The manner of swinging; specif., the manner of striking with a golf club, baseball bat, the arm, etc.

noun

Freedom to do as one wishes or is naturally inclined.

Given full swing in the matter.

noun

A free, relaxed motion, as in walking.

noun

A sweeping blow or stroke.

noun

The course, development, or movement of some activity, business, etc.

noun

The power, or force, behind something swung or thrown; impetus.

noun

Rhythm, as of poetry or music.

noun

A device, as a seat hanging from ropes or chains, on which one can sit and swing backward and forward as a form of amusement.

noun

A trip or tour.

A swing around the country.

noun

A style of jazz, esp. in its development from about 1935 to 1945, characterized by the use of large bands, fast tempos, and written arrangements for ensemble playing.

noun

(informal, business) Regular upward and downward change in the price of stocks or in some other business activity.

noun

Of, in, or playing swing (music)

adjective

Of or having the ability to sway an election or vote.

Independents were the majority of the swing vote.

adjective

A Java toolkit for developing graphical user interfaces (GUIs). It includes elements such as menus, toolbars and dialog boxes. Swing is written in Java and is thus platform independent, unlike the Java Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT), which provides platform-specific code. Swing also has more sophisticated interface capabilities than AWT and offers such features as tabbed panes and the ability to change images on buttons. Swing is included in the Java Foundation Classes (JFC) which are provided in the Java Developers Toolkit (JDK). See JFC and JDK.

(intransitive) To move backward and forward, especially rotating about or hanging from a fixed point.

The plant swung in the breeze.

verb

(intransitive) To dance.

verb

(intransitive) To ride on a swing.

The children laughed as they swung.

verb

(intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.

verb

(intransitive) To hang from the gallows.

verb

(intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.

verb

(intransitive) To fluctuate or change.

It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.

verb

To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.

He swung his sword as hard as he could.

verb

To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.

verb

To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.

If it's not too expensive, I think we can swing it.

verb

(music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.

verb

(cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

verb

(intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.

verb

In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.

"to swing one's partner", or simply "to swing"

verb

(engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.

The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

verb

(carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

verb

(nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.

A ship swings with the tide.

verb

The manner in which something is swung.

He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.

Door swing indicates direction the door opens.

The swing of a pendulum.

noun

A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.

noun

A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.

noun

A dance style.

noun

(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.

noun

The amount of change towards or away from something.

(politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.

The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.

noun

(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.

noun

The diameter that a lathe can cut.

noun

In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.

noun

A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.

noun

Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

noun

Burke.

To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius.

noun

Swing means allowing for a back and forth movement, a work shift or having the power to decide something.

An example of swing used as an adjective is the phrase a swing latch which means a latch that moves back and forth to open or close.

An example of swing used as an adjective is the phrase swing shift which means a work period between the day shift and the night shift, usually 4 pm to midnight.

An example of swing used as an adjective is the phrase a swing vote which means a vote that will determine who wins in an election.

adjective

To swing is defined as to move back and forth.

An example of to swing is to sit on a board hanging from a tree and move back and forward.

verb

To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above.

verb

To cause to move in a broad arc or curve.

Swing a bat; swung the car over.

verb

To cause to shift from one attitude, position, opinion, or condition to another.

verb

(music) To play (music) with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

verb

The act or an instance of swinging; movement back and forth or in one particular direction.

noun

To walk, trot, etc. with freely swaying, relaxed movements of the limbs.

verb

To deliver or aim a blow; strike (at)

verb

in full swing

At the highest level of activity or operation.

idiom

in full swing

in complete and active operation
going on without reserve or restraint

idiom

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

in full swing

Origin of swing

Middle English swingen to beat, brandish from Old English swingan to flog, strike, swing

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English swingen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (cf. Low German swingen, German schwingen 'to brandish', Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *su̯eng- (cf. Scottish Gaelic seang 'thin').

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From the above verb.

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