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NGSL Rank: 1934
swing
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Meanings
verb
  • move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.
    E.g. her long black skirt swung about her legs
  • move by grasping a support from below and leaping.
    E.g. we swung across like two trapeze artists
  • move or cause to move in a smooth, curving line.
    E.g. she swung her legs to the side of the bed
  • shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another.
    E.g. opinion swung in the Chancellor's favour
  • play music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm.
    E.g. the band swung on
  • (of an event, place, or way of life) be lively, exciting, or fashionable.
  • engage in group sex or swap sexual partners within a group, especially on a habitual basis.
noun
  • a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
  • an act of swinging.
    E.g. with the swing of her arm, the knife flashed through the air
  • a discernible change in opinion, especially the amount by which votes or points scored change from one side to another.
    E.g. a five per cent swing to Labour
  • a style of jazz or dance music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm.
  • a swift tour involving a number of stops, especially one undertaken as part of a political campaign.
  • (in musical theatre) an understudy, typically one who covers multiple roles in the chorus of a particular production.

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