Swing

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  • intransitive verb. To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above.
  • intransitive verb. To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm.
  • intransitive verb. To move laterally or in a curve.
  • intransitive verb. To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot.
  • intransitive verb. To move along with an easy, swaying gait.
  • intransitive verb. To propel oneself from one place or position to another by grasping a fixed support.
  • intransitive verb. To ride on a swing.
  • intransitive verb. To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate.
  • intransitive verb. To be put to death by hanging.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.
  • intransitive verb. To play with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To be lively, trendy, and exciting.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in promiscuous sex.
  • intransitive verb. To exchange sex partners. Used especially of married couples.
  • intransitive verb. To have a sexual orientation.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to move back and forth, as on a swing.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to move in a broad arc or curve.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To cause to move with a sweeping motion.
  • intransitive verb. To lift and convey with a sweeping motion.
  • intransitive verb. To suspend so as to sway or turn freely.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To suspend on hinges.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to turn on hinges.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to shift from one attitude, position, opinion, or condition to another.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To manage or arrange successfully.
  • intransitive verb. To bring around to the desired result.
  • intransitive verb. To play (music) with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.
  • noun. The act or an instance of swinging; movement back and forth or in one particular direction.
  • noun. The sweep or scope of something that swings.
  • noun. A blow or stroke executed with a sweeping motion of the arm.
  • noun. The manner in which one swings something, such as a bat or golf club.
  • noun. A shift from one attitude, position, or condition to another.
  • noun. Freedom of action.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A swaying, graceful motion.
  • noun. A sweep back and forth.
  • noun. A course or tour that returns to the starting point.
  • noun. A seat suspended from above, as by ropes, on which one can ride back and forth for recreation.
  • noun. The normal rhythm of life or pace of activities.
  • noun. A steady, vigorous rhythm or movement, as in verse.
  • noun. A regular movement up or down, as in stock prices.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A ballroom dance performed to this music.
  • noun. A subtle, intuitively felt rhythmic quality or sense of rhythm.
  • adjective. Relating to or performing swing.
  • Word Usage
    "If your swing is the right to bear arms, or the woman's right to choose, do you think that the right to bear arms or Roe vs. Wade will really be repealed."
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