Definition of swing

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Definition of swing

  • in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. baseball swing
    2. 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

    1. jive
    2. swing music
  • make a big sweeping gesture or movement (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. sweep
    2. swing out
  • a jaunty rhythm in music (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. lilt
  • move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. sway
  • be a social swinger; socialize a lot (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. get around
  • the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. golf shot
    2. golf stroke
  • hang freely (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. dangle
    2. drop
  • changing location by moving back and forth (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. swinging
    2. vacillation
  • influence decisively (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. swing over
  • alternate dramatically between high and low values (verb)

    Examples

    1. his mood swings
    2. 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

    1. the party went with a swing
    2. it took time to get into the swing of things
  • a sweeping blow or stroke (noun)

    Examples

    1. he took a wild swing at my head
  • change direction with a swinging motion; turn (verb)

    Examples

    1. swing back
    2. swing forward
  • engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends (verb)

    Examples

    1. There were many swinging couples in the 1960's
  • have a certain musical rhythm (verb)

    Examples

    1. The music has to swing
  • hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement (verb)

    Examples

    1. The soccer player began to swing at the referee
  • live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style (verb)

    Examples

    1. 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

    1. swing a bat
  • play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm (verb)

See definition of swing in Merriam Webster