swing
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
(verb) Old English swingan.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /'swɪŋ/
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- Rhymes: -ɪŋ
[edit] Noun
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swing (plural swings)
- The manner in which something is swung.
- He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.
- Door swing indicates direction the door opens.
- A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- A dance style.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- Particularly, the increase or decrease in the number of votes in an election for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.
- (cricket) sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- The diameter that a lathe can cut.
- In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles. See understudy.
[edit] Quotations
- 1937 June 11, Judy Garland, “All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm”, A day at the races, Sam Wood (director), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- All God’s chillun got rhythm. All God's chillun got swing.
- Maybe haven't got money, maybe haven't got shoes.
- All God’s chillun got rhythm for to [sic.] push away their blues.
[edit] Translations
manner in which something is swung
hanging seat
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music style
electoral change
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diameter that a lathe can cut
substitute musical theater performer
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[edit] Verb
to swing (third-person singular simple present swings, present participle swinging, simple past swang or swung, past participle swung or (archaic) swungen)
- (intransitive) To move backward and forward, especially rotating about or hanging from a fixed point.
- The plant swung in the breeze.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- The children laughed as they swung.
- (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
- (intransitive, cricket) (of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- He swung his sword as hard as he could.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
[edit] Translations
to do a reciprocating movement
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to dance
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to ride on a swing
to hang on gallows
object movement
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
swing m. inv.
- swing (music and dance style; golf swing)
