Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    Swing
    /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" Similar swayoscillatemove back and forthmove to and fro
    • 2. move by grasping a support from below and leaping: "we swung across like two trapeze artists"

    noun

  2. 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.

  3. 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:

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. SWING meaning: 1. to move smoothly backwards and forwards, or to make something do this: 2. to move smoothly in a…. Learn more.

  9. 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.

  10. [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.

  11. Definition of swing verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  1. People also search for