SWING • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Swing

/swɪŋ/ Listen

Swing

noun

1.

A state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity. "It took time to get into the swing of things"

2.

Mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth.

3.

A sweeping blow or stroke.

4.

Changing location by moving back and forth. Synonyms: swinging, vacillation.

5.

A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz. Synonyms: jive, swing music.

6.

A jaunty rhythm in music. Synonym: lilt.

7.

The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it. Synonyms: golf shot, golf stroke.

8.

In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball. Synonyms: baseball swing, cut.

9.

A square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them.

verb

(past & past part. swung, archaic swang; pres. part. swinging)

1.

Move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting. "Swing a bat"

2.

Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner. Synonym: sway.

3.

Change direction with a swinging motion; turn. "Swing forward"

4.

Influence decisively. Synonym: swing over.

5.

Make a big sweeping gesture or movement. Synonyms: sweep, swing out.

6.

Hang freely. Synonyms: dangle, drop. "The light dropped from the ceiling"

7.

Hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement.

8.

Alternate dramatically between high and low values. "The market is swinging up and down"

9.

Live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style.

10.

Have a certain musical rhythm.

11.

Be a social swinger; socialize a lot. Synonym: get around.

12.

Play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

13.

Engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends.

See more definitions of Swing...

See images of 'Swing'

Etymology of 'Swing'

Related searches:

WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University

Share |

"Swing" Quotes from Famous Books

... will ever know but that positive enthusiasm of the Major's life triumphed over all its negative traditions, and with an easy leap and swing that showed that he was in no need of physical assistance, he stood on the wall at the end of the strange garden. The second after, the flapping of the frock-coat at his knees made him feel inexpressibly a fool. But the next instant all such trifling ...

— The Club of Queer Trades • G. K. Chesterton

... and such an agile boy as Ben could swing in and out easily. Now, Thorny, I hate to think this of him, but it has happened twice, and for his own sake I must stop it. If he is planning to run away, money is a good thing to have. And he may feel that it is his own; for you ...

— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 • Various

... headed for Erebus beyond Castle Rock. It looked a little threatening at first, but cleared a bit as we got on. It was quite interesting to be breaking new ground. Scott is a fine stepper in a sledge, and he set a fast and easy swing all the time. It was snowing and misty when we got beyond the Hutton Cliffs, but we pitched the tents for lunch before going down the slope. There was no doubt that a blizzard was coming up. It cleared during lunch, which we finished about 3.30 P.M., as it ...

— The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 - Antarctic 1910-1913 • Apsley Cherry-Garrard

... English adventurers will, certain dainty personal particulars—such, for instance, as that prejudice in favour of clean linen, which only the highest civilisation can cultivate into perfection. He went off down Grange Lane with the swing and poise of a Hercules when the admiring waiters directed him to the Cottage. Miss Wodehouse, who was standing at the door with Lucy, in the long grey cloak and close bonnet lately adopted by the sisterhood of mercy, which had timidly, under the auspices of the perpetual curate, set itself ...

— The Doctor's Family • Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

... Polly, plunging through the trees as she caught sight of Margery's pink dress. "You have n't any hats to swing, so please give three rousing cheers! The house is rented and a ...

— Polly Oliver's Problem • Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Copyright © 2025 e-Free Translation.com