Definition of Swing

Noun

• a square dance figure
  a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
  
• in baseball
  a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
  "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
  - baseball swing cut
• the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
  - golf stroke - golf shot
• a jaunty rhythm in music
  lilt
• a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s
  flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
  - swing music jive
• changing location by moving back and forth
  swinging vacillation
• a sweeping blow or stroke
  "he took a wild swing at my head"
  
• mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
  
• 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"
  

Verb

• engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
  "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"
  
• play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
  
• be a social swinger
  socialize a lot
  - get around
• have a certain musical rhythm
  "The music has to swing"
  
• live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
  "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
  
• alternate dramatically between high and low values
  "his mood swings"
  "the market is swinging up and down"
  
• hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
  "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
  
• hang freely
  "the ornaments dangled from the tree"
  "The light dropped from the ceiling"
  dangle drop
• make a big sweeping gesture or movement
  sweep - swing out
• influence decisively
  "This action swung many votes over to his side"
  - swing over
• change direction with a swinging motion
  turn
  "swing back"
  "swing forward"
  
• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
  "He swung back"
  sway
• move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
  "He swung his left fist"
  "swing a bat"
  

Word games points for the Swing

• Scrabble® score of the swing (9)
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Unscramble swing

25 unscramble word found using the letters swing.

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