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) swing, swinging, vacillation (changing location by moving back and forth)
• S: (n) 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)
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• S: (n) lilt, swing (a jaunty rhythm in music)
• S: (n) golf stroke, golf shot, swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)
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• S: (n) stroke, shot ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand) "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
• S: (n) break (the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool)
• S: (n) carom, cannon (a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other)
• S: (n) masse, masse shot (a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball)
• S: (n) miscue (a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball)
• S: (n) cut, undercut ((sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball) "cuts do not bother a good tennis player"
• S: (n) swipe (a sweeping stroke or blow)
• S: (n) tennis stroke, tennis shot (the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket)
• S: (n) baseball swing, swing, cut (in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball) "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
• S: (n) golf stroke, golf shot, swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)
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• S: (n) baseball swing, swing, cut (in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball) "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
• S: (n) swing (a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them)

Verb

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