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Noun
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) swing (mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth)
S: (n) swing (a sweeping blow or stroke) "he took a wild swing at my head"
S: (n) motion, movement, move, motility (a change of position that does not entail a change of location) "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
S: (n) disturbance (the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion)
S: (n) circus, carnival (a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment) "it was so funny it was a circus"; "the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere"
S: (n) disorganization, disorganisation (the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion) "the disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack"
S: (n) dislocation, breakdown (the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue) "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
S: (n) wilding (an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women)
S: (n) upset, derangement, overthrow (the act of disturbing the mind or body) "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"
S: (n) gesture (motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling)
S: (n) jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrust, thrusting (a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)) "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
S: (n) mudra (ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing)
S: (n) headshake, headshaking (the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement) "I could tell from their headshakes that they didn't believe me"
S: (n) inclination, inclining (the act of inclining; bending forward) "an inclination of his head indicated his agreement"
S: (n) bob (a short abrupt inclination (as of the head)) "he gave me a short bob of acknowledgement"
S: (n) kick, kicking (a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics) "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him"
S: (n) nystagmus (involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders)
S: (n) physiological nystagmus (small involuntary tremors of the eyeballs; when it is eliminated by stabilizing the image on the retina, visual perception fades rapidly from fatigue of the retinal receptors)
S: (n) rotational nystagmus (nystagmus caused by the body rotating rapidly; large slow movements of the eyeballs are in the direction of rotation)
S: (n) post-rotational nystagmus (nystagmus caused by suddenly stopping the rapid rotation of the body; large slow movements of the eyeballs are in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation)
S: (n) saccade (a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest)
S: (n) opening (the act of opening something) "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"
S: (n) sitting (the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position) "he read the mystery at one sitting"
S: (n) sitting, posing ((photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)) "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"
S: (n) snap (the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand) "he gave his fingers a snap"
S: (n) squat, squatting (the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels)
S: (n) sweep (a movement in an arc) "a sweep of his arm"
S: (n) toss (an abrupt movement) "a toss of his head"
S: (n) punt, punting ((football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground) "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"
S: (n) swing (a sweeping blow or stroke) "he took a wild swing at my head"
S: (n) stab, thrust, knife thrust (a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument) "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
S: (n) lunge, straight thrust, passado ((fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward)
S: (n) remise ((fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte))
S: (n) uppercut (a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin))
S: (n) hammer, pound, hammering, pounding (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)) "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
S: (n) shot (a blow hard enough to cause injury) "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin"
S: (n) cheap shot (an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence) "he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback"
S: (n) change (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
S: (n) action (something done (usually as opposed to something said)) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"