Overview of noun swing

The noun swing has 9 senses

• swing -- (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")


• swing -- (mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth)


• swing -- (a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head")


• swing, swinging, vacillation -- (changing location by moving back and forth)


• swing, swing music, jive -- (a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz)


• lilt, swing -- (a jaunty rhythm in music)


• golf stroke, golf shot, swing -- (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)


• baseball swing, swing, cut -- (in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball")


• swing -- (a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them)

Overview of verb swing

The verb swing has 13 senses

• swing -- (move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat")


• swing, sway -- (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back")


• swing -- (change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward")


• swing, swing over -- (influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side")


• swing, sweep, swing out -- (make a big sweeping gesture or movement)


• dangle, swing, drop -- (hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling")


• swing -- (hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee")


• swing -- (alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down")


• swing -- (live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely")


• swing -- (have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing")


• swing, get around -- (be a social swinger; socialize a lot)


• swing -- (play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm)


• swing -- (engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's")