move back and forth; strike with a sweeping movement of the arm; turn; alter one's opinion or interest; ride on a swing; successfully arrange (Slang); play rhythmically (Music); be hanged (Slang)
act of swinging; back and forth movement; sweeping motion made by the arm; swaying movement of the body; suspended seat on which one sits and sways to and fro; rhythm; change; 1930's dance music
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Swings Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Noun
1. a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things"
(hypernym) action, activity, activeness
2. mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
(hypernym) mechanical device
(hyponym) trapeze
(part-holonym) playground
(derivation) dangle, drop
3. a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"
(hypernym) blow
4. changing location by moving back and forth
(synonym) swinging, vacillation
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
5. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
(synonym) swing music, jive
(hypernym) jazz
6. a jaunty rhythm in music
(synonym) lilt
(hypernym) rhythmicity
7. the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
(synonym) golf stroke, golf shot
(hypernym) stroke, shot
(hyponym) downswing
8. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
(synonym) baseball swing, cut
(hypernym) stroke, shot
9. a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
(hypernym) country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse, contradance
(part-holonym) square dance, square dancing
Verb
1. move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) wind up
(derivation) golf stroke, golf shot
2. move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
(synonym) sway
(hypernym) move back and forth
(hyponym) waver, weave
(derivation) swinging, vacillation
3. change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(derivation) swinging, vacillation
4. influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"
(synonym) swing over
(hypernym) influence, act upon, work
5. make a big sweeping gesture or movement
(synonym) sweep, swing out
(hypernym) wield, handle
6. hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
(synonym) dangle, drop
(hypernym) hang
(hyponym) droop, loll
7. hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
(hypernym) aim, take, train, take aim, direct
8. alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) fluctuate, vacillate, waver
9. live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
(hypernym) live
10. have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"
(hypernym) be
(derivation) swing music, jive
11. be a social swinger; socialize a lot
(synonym) get around
(hypernym) socialize, socialise
12. play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
(hypernym) play
(derivation) lilt
(classification) music
13. engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"
(hypernym) fornicate
(derivation) swinger, tramp
Swings Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Swings may refer to:
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- Swings Korean rapper
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