swing
see also: Swing
Pronunciation
Swing
Proper noun
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see also: Swing
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈswɪŋ/
swing (swings, present participle swinging; past swung, past participle swung)
- (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- The plant swung in the breeze.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 12
- With one accord the tribe swung rapidly toward the frightened cries, and there found Terkoz holding an old female by the hair and beating her unmercifully with his great hands.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- The children laughed as they swung.
- (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- He swung his sword as hard as he could.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- (transitive) 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"
- (transitive, 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.
- (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- A ship swings with the tide.
- French: osciller, se balancer, balancer
- German: schwingen, schaukeln, schwanken
- Italian: oscillare, ondeggiare, altalenare, dondolare
- Portuguese: balançar
- Russian: кача́ться
- Spanish: balancear, mecer
- French: swinguer
- French: balancer
- German: schaukeln
- Italian: altalenare, andare sull'altalena
- Portuguese: andar de baloiço
- Russian: кача́ться
- Spanish: columpiar (pronominal)
- French: balancer
- French: se permettre
- German: schwingen
swing
- 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
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing. - A dance style.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- 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.
- (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
- Take thy swing.
- To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- French: balancement
- Russian: разма́х
- French: balançoire
- German: Schaukel, Hutsche (South German, Austrian)
- Italian: altalena
- Portuguese: balanço, baloiço, balouço
- Russian: каче́ли
- Spanish: columpio, hamaca (Argentina)
- French: variation
- Russian: разма́х
- French: revirement
- French: doublure
- French: coup de poing balancé
- Spanish: swing
Swing
Proper noun
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