Defenition of the word swing

• Defenition of the word swing

  • Suspended seat to ropes or chains, on which one can swing for game.
  • in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
  • hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
  • the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
  • a jaunty rhythm in music
  • a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
  • a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"
  • supports someone swinging back and forth
  • 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"
  • change drastically "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
  • hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
  • change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"
  • move in a curve; "He swung his left fist"
  • live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
  • be a social swinger; socialize a lot
  • move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
  • make a big sweeping gesture or movement
  • 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
  • influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"
  • in baseball; a batter''s attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
  • mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
  • alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
  • engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one''s friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960''s"
  • play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
  • move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
  • have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"
  • in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
  • a sweeping blow or stroke
  • a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
  • alternate dramatically between high and low values
  • hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
  • engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
  • move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
  • change direction with a swinging motion; turn
  • move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
  • influence decisively
  • live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
  • hang freely
  • have a certain musical rhythm

Synonyms for the word swing

• • baseball swing
  • cut
  • dangle
  • drop
  • get around
  • golf shot
  • golf stroke
  • jive
  • lilt
  • sway
  • sweep
  • swing music
  • swing out
  • swing over
  • swinging

Meronymys for the word swing

• • playground
  • square dance
  • square dancing

Hyponyms for the word swing

• • approach
  • approach shot
  • brachiate
  • downswing
  • draw
  • drive
  • driving
  • droop
  • explosion
  • fade
  • fluctuate
  • hook
  • hooking
  • lash
  • loll
  • oscillate
  • putt
  • putting
  • sclaff
  • shank
  • slice
  • slicing
  • teeoff
  • trapeze
  • vacillate
  • vibrate
  • waver
  • weave
  • wind up

Hypernyms for the word swing

• • act upon
  • action
  • activeness
  • activity
  • aim
  • be
  • blow
  • change
  • contra danse
  • contradance
  • contredanse
  • country dancing
  • country-dance
  • direct
  • displace
  • fornicate
  • go
  • handle
  • hang
  • influence
  • jazz
  • live
  • locomote
  • manage
  • mechanical device
  • motion
  • move
  • move back and forth
  • movement
  • play
  • plaything
  • rhythmicity
  • shot
  • socialise
  • socialize
  • stroke
  • surname
  • take
  • take aim
  • toy
  • train
  • travel
  • wield
  • work

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