Noun

• S: (n) swing (swing%1:26:01::) (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 (swing%1:06:00::) (mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth)
• S: (n) swing (swing%1:04:06::) (a sweeping blow or stroke) "he took a wild swing at my head"
• S: (n) swing (swing%1:04:00::), swinging (swinging%1:04:00::), vacillation (vacillation%1:04:00::) (changing location by moving back and forth)
• S: (n) swing (swing%1:10:01::), swing music (swing_music%1:10:00::), jive (jive%1:10:00::) (a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz)
• S: (n) lilt (lilt%1:07:00::), swing (swing%1:07:00::) (a jaunty rhythm in music)
• S: (n) golf stroke (golf_stroke%1:04:00::), golf shot (golf_shot%1:04:00::), swing (swing%1:04:03::) (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)
• S: (n) baseball swing (baseball_swing%1:04:00::), swing (swing%1:04:02::), cut (cut%1:04:07::) (in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball) "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
• S: (n) swing (swing%1:04:04::) (a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them)

Verb

• S: (v) swing (swing%2:38:02::) (move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting) "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:38:00::), sway (sway%2:38:01::) (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner) "He swung back"
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:38:03::) (change direction with a swinging motion; turn) "swing back"; "swing forward"
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:41:01::), swing over (swing_over%2:41:00::) (influence decisively) "This action swung many votes over to his side"
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:35:00::), sweep (sweep%2:35:03::), swing out (swing_out%2:35:00::) (make a big sweeping gesture or movement)
• S: (v) dangle (dangle%2:42:00::), swing (swing%2:42:00::), drop (drop%2:42:04::) (hang freely) "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:33:00::) (hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement) "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:30:08::) (alternate dramatically between high and low values) "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:42:01::) (live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style) "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:42:10::) (have a certain musical rhythm) "The music has to swing"
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:41:00::), get around (get_around%2:41:00::) (be a social swinger; socialize a lot)
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:36:03::) (play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm)
• S: (v) swing (swing%2:35:08::) (engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends) "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"