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- DictionarySwing/swiNG/
verb
- 1. move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis: "her long black skirt swung about her legs"
- 2. move by grasping a support from below and leaping: "we swung across like two trapeze artists"
noun
- 1. a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
- 2. an act of swinging: "with the swing of her arm, the knife flashed through the air"
The meaning of SWING is to cause to move vigorously through a wide arc or circle. How to use swing in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Swing.
To sway or move backward and forward with regular movement, as a freely hanging object or a ship at anchor; oscillate. To walk, trot, etc. with freely swaying, relaxed movements of the limbs. To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm. Swung at the ball.
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: He walked briskly along swinging his rolled-up umbrella. The door swung open. [ I or T ] to move an object or your fist in an attempt to hit something or someone:
to move in alternate directions or in either direction around a point, an axis, or a line of support, as a gate on its hinges. to move in a curve, as around a corner or central point: The highway swings to the east. to move with a free, swaying motion, as soldiers on the march.
To swing is to sway back and forth, or to move in a sweeping, curving motion. Wind chimes swing in the breeze, and a softball player swings her bat, aiming for the ball.
swing. ( swɪŋ) vb, swings, swinging or swung. 1. to move or cause to move rhythmically to and fro, as a free-hanging object; sway. 2. ( intr) to move, walk, etc, with a relaxed and swaying motion. 3. to pivot or cause to pivot, as on a hinge. 4. to move or cause to move in a curve: the car swung around the bend.
1. to move or cause to move rhythmically to and fro, as a free-hanging object; sway. 2. (intransitive) to move, walk, etc, with a relaxed and swaying motion. 3. to pivot or cause to pivot, as on a hinge. 4. to move or cause to move in a curve. the car swung around the bend.
SWING meaning: 1 : to move backward and forward or from side to side while hanging from something; 2 : to move with a smooth, curving motion
Definition of swing verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
[countable] a change from one opinion or situation to another; the amount by which something changes He's subject to abrupt mood swings (= for example from being very happy to being very sad). Voting showed a 10% swing to the Republican party. There are indications of a swing toward nuclear power. hanging seat. enlarge image.
