swing
IPA: swˈɪŋ
noun
- The manner in which something is swung.
- The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
- (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
- Influence or power of anything put in motion.
- (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
- A surname.
verb
- (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
- (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
- (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
- To turn in a different direction.
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