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S0946400 (swĭng)v. swung (swŭng), swing·ing, swings v.intr.1. To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above.2. To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm: swung at the ball.3. To move laterally or in a curve: The car swung over to the curb.4. To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot.5. To move along with an easy, swaying gait: swinging down the road.6. To propel oneself from one place or position to another by grasping a fixed support: swinging through the trees.7. To ride on a swing.8. To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate.9. Slang To be put to death by hanging.10. Music a. To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.b. To play with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.11. Slang a. To be lively, trendy, and exciting.b. To engage in promiscuous sex.c. To exchange sex partners. Used especially of married couples.d. To have a sexual orientation: Which way does he swing?v.tr.1. To cause to move back and forth, as on a swing.2. To cause to move in a broad arc or curve: swing a bat; swung the car over.3. a. To cause to move with a sweeping motion: swinging his arms.b. To lift and convey with a sweeping motion: swung the cargo onto the deck.4. To suspend so as to sway or turn freely: swung a hammock between two trees.5. a. To suspend on hinges: swing a shutter.b. To cause to turn on hinges: swung the door shut.6. To cause to shift from one attitude, position, opinion, or condition to another.7. Informal a. To manage or arrange successfully: swing a deal.b. To bring around to the desired result: swing an election.8. Music To play (music) with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.n.1. The act or an instance of swinging; movement back and forth or in one particular direction.2. The sweep or scope of something that swings: The pendulum's swing is 12 inches.3. A blow or stroke executed with a sweeping motion of the arm.4. The manner in which one swings something, such as a bat or golf club.5. A shift from one attitude, position, or condition to another: a swing to conservatism.6. Freedom of action: The children have free swing in deciding what color to paint their room.7. a. A swaying, graceful motion: has a swing to her walk.b. A sweep back and forth: the swing of a bird across the sky.8. A course or tour that returns to the starting point: a swing across the state while campaigning.9. A seat suspended from above, as by ropes, on which one can ride back and forth for recreation.10. The normal rhythm of life or pace of activities: back in the swing.11. A steady, vigorous rhythm or movement, as in verse.12. A regular movement up or down, as in stock prices.13. Music a. A type of popular dance music developed about 1935 and based on jazz but employing a larger band, less improvisation, and simpler harmonic and rhythmic patterns.b. A ballroom dance performed to this music.c. A subtle, intuitively felt rhythmic quality or sense of rhythm.adj.1. Music Relating to or performing swing: a swing band.2. Determining an outcome; decisive: the swing vote.Idiom: in full swing At the highest level of activity or operation.

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[Middle English swingen, to beat, brandish, from Old English swingan, to flog, strike, swing.]

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swing′y adj.Synonyms: swing, oscillate, sway, rock², vibrate, waver
These verbs mean literally to move one way and then another, usually back and forth or to and fro. Some verbs often see figurative use: Swing usually applies to arclike movement of something attached at one extremity and free at the other: The ship's lanterns swung violently in the raging storm. Figuratively, it denotes difficulty to decide or act from being drawn by conflicting purposes or emotions: "She swung between disbelief and dread" (Denise Grady).
Oscillate similarly refers to a steady back-and-forth motion, as that of a pendulum, and also can indicate figurative vacillation: "a king ... oscillating between fear of Rome and desire of independence" (Walter Besant).
Sway suggests the movement of something unsteady, light, or flexible: "thousands of the little yellow blossoms all swaying to the light wind" (W.H. Hudson).
To rock is to swing gently or rhythmically or sway or tilt violently: "The ruins of the ancient church seemed actually to rock and threaten to fall" (Sir Walter Scott).
Vibrate implies quick periodic oscillations; it can also suggest trembling, pulsating, or quivering: "Music, when soft voices die, / Vibrates in the memory" (Percy Bysshe Shelley).
Waver suggests unsteady, uncertain movement: "Through the hard, driving rain the sentinel birches wavered like pale, elongated ghosts" (Melissa Hardy).
It also suggests inconstancy or irresolution of feeling or action: "I have a friend who was reared to believe, and he does. But his faith has wavered" (Dana Tierney).

swingy

(ˈswɪŋɪ) adj, swingier or swingiestlively and modern

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swingy - characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure"lilting, swinging, trippingrhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"