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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swing•er /ˈswɪŋɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person or thing that swings.
- Slang Termsa lively, fashionable, or trendy person.
- Slang Termsone who engages uninhibitedly in sexual activities, esp. one of a married couple who exchanges partners with another married person for sexual activities.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swing•er (swing′ər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that swings.
- [Slang.]a lively, active, and modern person whose activities are fashionable or trendy.
- [Slang.]
- a person who indulges in promiscuous sex.
- a person who engages in the exchanging of spouses for sexual activities.
- 1535–45 for def. 1; 1955–60 for def. 2; swing1 + -er1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swinger /ˈswɪŋə/ slang n - a person regarded as being modern and lively
- a person who swaps sexual partners in a group, esp habitually
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swinge1 (swinj),USA pronunciation v.t., swinged, swinge•ing. [Brit. Dial.]- British Termsto thrash; punish.
- Middle English swengen to shake, smite, Old English swengan, causative of swingan to swing, or denominative derivative of Old English sweng a blow 1250–1300
swing•er (swin′jər),USA pronunciation n. swinge2 (swinj),USA pronunciation v.t., swinged, swinge•ing. - to singe.
- obscurely akin to singe 1580–90
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