swing
verb
[ swɪŋ ]
• 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:
sway,
oscillate,
move back and forth,
move to and fro,
wave,
wag,
dangle,
rock,
flutter,
flap,
vibrate,
quiver,
brandish,
flourish,
wield,
raise,
shake,
twirl,
• move by grasping a support from below and leaping.
• "we swung across like two trapeze artists"
• move or cause to move in a smooth, curving line.
• "she swung her legs to the side of the bed"
• shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another.
• "opinion swung in the Chancellor's favour"
Similar:
change,
fluctuate,
oscillate,
waver,
alternate,
see-saw,
yo-yo,
vary,
shift,
alter,
undulate,
ebb and flow,
rise and fall,
go up and down,
go back and forth,
• play music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm.
• "the band swung on"
• (of an event, place, or way of life) be lively, exciting, or fashionable.
• engage in group sex or swap sexual partners within a group, especially on a habitual basis.
swing
noun
• a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
• an act of swinging.
• "with the swing of her arm, the knife flashed through the air"
• a discernible change in opinion, especially the amount by which votes or points scored change from one side to another.
• "a five per cent swing to Labour"
Similar:
change,
move,
turnaround,
turnround,
turnabout,
reversal,
about turn,
about face,
volte face,
change of heart,
change of loyalties,
U-turn,
sea change,
swerve,
backtracking,
tergiversation,
trend,
tendency,
drift,
movement,
current,
course,
fluctuation,
shift,
switch,
variation,
oscillation,
• a style of jazz or dance music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm.
Similar:
rhythm,
beat,
pulse,
cadence,
pace,
rhythmical flow/pattern,
measure,
metre,
tempo,
lilt,
groove,
• a swift tour involving a number of stops, especially one undertaken as part of a political campaign.
• (in musical theatre) an understudy, typically one who covers multiple roles in the chorus of a particular production.
Origin:
Old English swingan ‘to beat, whip’, also ‘rush’, geswing ‘a stroke with a weapon’, of Germanic origin; related to German schwingen ‘brandish’.
