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say it: swing
swing is a verb and noun meaning "move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting". It is pronounced /ˈswɪŋ/ — swing. It carries 22 recorded senses.
influence decisively
“This action swung many votes over to his side”
hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
“The soccer player began to swing at the referee”
live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
“The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely”
be a social swinger; socialize a lot
engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
“There were many swinging couples in the 1960's”
a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
“the party went with a swing”
“it took time to get into the swing of things”
mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
changing location by moving back and forth
a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
a jaunty rhythm in music
in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
“he took a vicious cut at the ball”
a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for swing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.