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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"
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 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. A TV hypnotist will swing a shiny object in front of a patient's face and say, "You are getting very sleepy."
[intransitive, transitive] to change or make somebody/something change from one opinion, mood, etc. to another. swing (from A) (to B) The state has swung from Republican to Democrat. swing (between A and B) His emotions swung between fear and curiosity.
to move smoothly in a curve, or to make something do this: The door swung shut. Watch the ball as you swing the bat. swing verb (CHANGE) If someone's opinion or their feelings swing, they suddenly change: Her moods swing with absolutely no warning. Phrasal verbs. swing around/round. swing at sb. noun [ C ] uk / swɪŋ / us.
2 days ago · swing expresses the comparatively regular motion to and fro of a body supported from the end or ends, esp. from above: A lamp swings from the ceiling. to sway is to swing gently and is used esp. of fixed objects or of persons: Young oaks sway in the breeze. oscillate refers to the smooth, regular, alternating movement of a body within certain ...
5 days ago · A swing is a seat hanging by two ropes or chains from a metal frame or from the branch of a tree. You can sit on the seat and move forward and backward through the air. Go to the neighborhood park. Run around, push the kids on the swings. 7. countable noun.
Definition of swing noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
