swingverb
uk/swɪŋ/us/swɪŋ/swung, swungswing verb (MOVE SIDEWAYS)
B2 [ I or T ] to move easily and without interruption backwards and forwards or from one side to the other, especially from a fixed point, or to cause something or someone to do this:
[ I or T ] to move an object or your fist in an attempt to hit something or someone:
[ I ] to change:
More examples
- He rushed into the garden, leaving the gate swinging.
- A shop sign was creaking as it swung in the wind.
- Swing your legs over to this side of the bed.
- Her earrings were swinging as she nodded her head.
- He ran happily down the road, swinging his school bag as he went.
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- reverberate
- rocky
- shake
- stir
- stir sth up
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
- worry
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swing verb (BE EXCITING)
[ I ] informal to be exciting and enjoyable:
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Making people excited and interested
- absorbed
- animate
- be sb's bag idiom
- breathe (new) life into sth idiom
- captivate
- capture
- catch
- engage
- enthuse
- entrance 1
- intoxicate
- intrigue
- occupy
- pulse
- pump
- pump sb up
- reinvigorate
- whip sb into sth
- whip sth up
- wow factor
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swing verb (MUSIC)
[ I or T ] to play music in a strong, exciting style like jazz, or (of music) to be played in this way
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Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- blues
- bop
- dixieland
- funk
- funky
- honky-tonk
- jazz
- jazzy
- modern jazz
- ragtime
- rhythm and blues
- scat
- skiffle
- stride piano
- trad jazz
- twelve-bar blues
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swing verb (ARRANGE)
[ T ] informal to arrange for something to happen, by persuading people and often by acting slightly dishonestly:
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Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuasion
- pitch
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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swingnoun
uk/swɪŋ/us/swɪŋ/swing noun (SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT)
[ C ] a swinging movement
[ C ] an attempt to hit someone:
[ C ] a change:
More examples
- She spends hours practising her golf swing.
- The old lady took a swing at the man with her handbag.
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Revolving, rotating and spinning
- centrifugal
- Foucault pendulum
- go round
- gyrate
- in rotation idiom
- rev
- rotate
- rotation
- round and round idiom
- rpm
- sidespin
- span
- spin
- spin (sb) around
- swim
- tailspin
- twiddle
- twirly
- wheel
- wheel round
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swing noun (SEAT)
B2 [ C ] a seat joined by two ropes or chains to a metal bar or a tree, on which you can sit and move backwards and forwards
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Play areas for children
- adventure playground
- amusement arcade
- ball pool
- climbing frame
- den
- flume
- jungle gym
- paddling pool
- playhouse
- playpen
- recreation ground
- roundabout
- sandbox
- sandpit
- schoolyard
- slide
- teeter-totter
- tree house
- wading pool
- Wendy house
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swing noun (BE EXCITING)
If an event, especially a party, goes with a swing, it is very exciting and successful:
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Exciting and interesting
- absorbing
- action-packed
- alley
- arresting
- barnstorming
- glowing
- gnarly
- gripping
- interesting
- interestingly
- meaty
- rip-roaring
- rousing
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scintillating
- sensational
- sensationally
- sex sth up
- showstopper
- whirlwind
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swing noun (MUSIC)
[ U ] a type of dance music that was popular in the 1930s and 40s
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Jazz & blues
- acid jazz
- bebop
- blues
- bop
- dixieland
- funk
- funky
- honky-tonk
- jazz
- jazzy
- modern jazz
- ragtime
- rhythm and blues
- scat
- skiffle
- stride piano
- trad jazz
- twelve-bar blues
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