swinging
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈswɪŋɪŋ/
Noun

swinging

  1. The act or motion of that which swings.
    • 1973, Socialist Review (volume 8, page 331)
      Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism […]
  2. An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners.
Translations
  • French: échangisme
  • German: Swingen
  • Italian: scambismo
  • Portuguese: swing
  • Russian: свинг
  • Spanish: intercambio de pareja
Verb
  1. present participle of swing#English|swing
Adjective

swinging

  1. (informal) Fine, good, successful.
    The party was swinging.
  2. Alternative form of swingeing#English|swingeing
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify ), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗:
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      “It is an eating fever then,” says the landlady; “for he hath devoured two swinging buttered toasts this morning for breakfast.”



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