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verb

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

1.

To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other. "He swings his tail, and swiftly turns his round." "They get on ropes, as you must have seen the children, and are swung by their men visitants."

2.

To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.

3.

(Mach.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

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

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

1.

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate. "I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or continue swinging longer, in case of exsuction of the air."

2.

To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.

3.

To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.

4.

(Naut.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

5.

To be hanged. (Colloq.)

To swing round the circle, to make a complete circuit. (Colloq.) "He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief."

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Etymology of 'Swinging'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Swinging" Quotes from Famous Books

... eyes sought hers again, and held there; and the twin worlds, sphered in some slowly-turning orbit, seemed swinging in their native space. Now the cheeks and hair and mouth came out in their places, returning to distinctness like features of a face on a screen. Now the eyes became twin stars again, casting on him once more the effulgence of ...

— Double Trouble - Or, Every Hero His Own Villain • Herbert Quick

... an open door showed a long sanded parlour, like that in public houses; several tables, benches, the walls whitewashed, but adorned with sundry ingenious designs made by charcoal or the smoked ends of clay-pipes; a strong smell of stale tobacco and of gin and rum. Another gaslight, swinging from the centre of the ceiling, sprang into light as Cutts ...

— What Will He Do With It, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... into the position where they are to be attached to the carriage. Some artillery horses will, as I have noticed, associate the sound of the bugle with the resulting movements of the guns and take the appropriate positions, where they may be out of danger in the rapid swinging of the teams and carriages. It is partly because of this training received by disciplined artillery horses, that it seems to many experienced officers not worth while to have militia companies in this arm, ...

— Domesticated Animals - Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization • Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

... altered. She ceased looking quizzically amused, and left off swinging her brown boot. She sat up, uncrossed her knees, and leaning her elbows upon them, held out her large capable hands to Lady Ingleby. Her noble face, grandly strong and tender, in its undeniable plainness, was full of womanly understanding ...

— The Mistress of Shenstone • Florence L. Barclay

... of the huts surrounding the rude plaza, women squatted on the ground, their arms swinging monotonously up and down as they struck their wooden pestles into bowls of grain which they were grinding to make the coarse meal which was their mainstay ...

— The Weakling • Everett B. Cole

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