Scrabble & Words with friends points
- swing is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- swing is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- swing is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of swing
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball (noun)
Synonyms
- baseball swing
- cut
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz (noun)
Synonyms
- jive
- swing music
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement (verb)
Synonyms
- sweep
- swing out
- a jaunty rhythm in music (noun)
Synonyms
- lilt
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner (verb)
Synonyms
- sway
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot (verb)
Synonyms
- get around
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it (noun)
Synonyms
- golf shot
- golf stroke
- hang freely (verb)
Synonyms
- dangle
- drop
- changing location by moving back and forth (noun)
Synonyms
- swinging
- vacillation
- influence decisively (verb)
Synonyms
- swing over
- alternate dramatically between high and low values (verb)
Examples
- his mood swings
- the market is swinging up and down
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them (noun)
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity (noun)
Examples
- the party went with a swing
- it took time to get into the swing of things
- a sweeping blow or stroke (noun)
Examples
- he took a wild swing at my head
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn (verb)
Examples
- swing back
- swing forward
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends (verb)
Examples
- There were many swinging couples in the 1960's
- have a certain musical rhythm (verb)
Examples
- The music has to swing
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement (verb)
Examples
- The soccer player began to swing at the referee
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style (verb)
Examples
- The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth (noun)
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting (verb)
Examples
- swing a bat
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm (verb)
See definition of swing in Merriam Webster