Swing

English Meaning

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

1. To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above.
2. To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm: swung at the ball.
3. To move laterally or in a curve: The car swung over to the curb.
4. To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot.
5. To move along with an easy, swaying gait: swinging down the road.
6. To propel oneself from one place or position to another by grasping a fixed support: swinging through the trees.
7. To ride on a swing.
8. To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate.
9. Slang To be put to death by hanging.
10. Music To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.
11. Music To play with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.
12. Slang To be lively, trendy, and exciting.
13. Slang To engage freely in promiscuous sex.
14. Slang To exchange sex partners. Used especially of married couples.
15. Slang To have a sexual orientation toward one or both sexes.
16. To cause to move back and forth, as on a swing.
17. To cause to move in a broad arc or curve: swing a bat; swung the car over.
18. To cause to move with a sweeping motion: swinging his arms.
19. To lift and convey with a sweeping motion: swung the cargo onto the deck.
20. To suspend so as to sway or turn freely: swung a hammock between two trees.
21. To suspend on hinges: swing a shutter.
22. To cause to turn on hinges: swung the door shut.
23. To cause to shift from one attitude, position, opinion, or condition to another.
24. Informal To manage or arrange successfully: swing a deal.
25. Informal To bring around to the desired result: swing an election.
26. Music To play (music) with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.
27. The act or an instance of swinging; movement back and forth or in one particular direction.
28. The sweep or scope of something that swings: The pendulum's swing is 12 inches.
29. A blow or stroke executed with a sweeping motion of the arm.
30. The manner in which one swings something, such as a bat or golf club.
31. A shift from one attitude, position, or condition to another: a swing to conservatism.
32. Freedom of action: The children have free swing in deciding what color to paint their room.
33. A swaying, graceful motion: has a swing to her walk.
34. A sweep back and forth: the swing of a bird across the sky.
35. A course or tour that returns to the starting point: a swing across the state while campaigning.
36. A seat suspended from above, as by ropes, on which one can ride back and forth for recreation.
37. The normal rhythm of life or pace of activities: back in the swing.
38. A steady, vigorous rhythm or movement, as in verse.
39. A regular movement up or down, as in stock prices.
40. Music A type of popular dance music developed about 1935 and based on jazz but employing a larger band, less improvisation, and simpler harmonic and rhythmic patterns.
41. Music A ballroom dance performed to this music.
42. Music A subtle, intuitively felt rhythmic quality or sense of rhythm.
43. Music Relating to or performing swing: a swing band.
44. Determining an outcome; decisive: the swing vote.
45. in full swing At the highest level of activity or operation.