swing

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

swing, v. i. [OE. swingen, AS. swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to soar, OHG. swingan to throw, to scourge, to soar, Sw. svinga to swing, to whirl, Dan. svinge. Cf. Swagger, Sway, Swinge, Swink.].

•  To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.  [1913 Webster]

  "I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or continue swinging longer, in case of exsuction of the air."  [1913 Webster]
•  To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.  [1913 Webster]
•  To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.  [1913 Webster]
•  To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.  [1913 Webster]
•  To be hanged.  D. Webster.  [1913 Webster]

  "He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief."  [1913 Webster]

To swing round the circle, to make a complete circuit. [Colloq.]

swing, v. t. 

•  To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.  [1913 Webster]

  "He swings his tail, and swiftly turns his round."  [1913 Webster]

  "They get on ropes, as you must have seen the children, and are swung by their men visitants."  [1913 Webster]
•  To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.  [1913 Webster]
•  To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.  [1913 Webster]

To swing a door, gate, etc. (Carp.), to put it on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

swing, n. 

•  The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.  [1913 Webster]
•  Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.  [1913 Webster]
•  A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.  [1913 Webster]
•  Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.  [1913 Webster]

  "The ram that batters down the wall,
  For the great swing and rudeness of his poise,
  They place before his hand that made the engine."  [1913 Webster]
•  Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.  [1913 Webster]
•  Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

  "To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius."  [1913 Webster]

Full swing. See under Full. -- Swing beam (Railway Mach.), a crosspiece sustaining the car body, and so suspended from the framing of a truck that it may have an independent lateral motion. -- Swing bridge, a form of drawbridge which swings horizontally, as on a vertical pivot. -- Swing plow, or Swing plough. (a) A plow without a fore wheel under the beam. (b) A reversible or sidehill plow. -- Swing wheel. (a) The scape-wheel in a clock, which drives the pendulum. (b) The balance of a watch.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

swing, v. & n.
--v. (past and past part. swung)
1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a to-and-fro or curving motion, as of an object attached at one end and hanging free at the other.
2 intr. & tr. a sway. b hang so as to be free to sway. c oscillate or cause to oscillate.
3 intr. & tr. revolve or cause to revolve.
4 intr. move by gripping something and leaping etc. (swung from tree to tree).
5 intr. go with a swinging gait (swung out of the room).
6 intr. (foll. by round) move round to the opposite direction.
7 intr. change from one opinion or mood to another.
8 intr. (foll. by at) attempt to hit or punch.
9 a intr. (also swing it) play music with a swing rhythm. b tr. play (a tune) with swing.
10 intr. colloq. a be lively or up to date; enjoy oneself. b be promiscuous.
11 intr. colloq. (of a party etc.) be lively, successful, etc.
12 tr. have a decisive influence on (esp. voting etc.).
13 tr. colloq. deal with or achieve; manage.
14 intr. colloq. be executed by hanging.
15 Cricket a intr. (of the ball) deviate from a straight course in the air. b tr. cause (the ball) to do this.
--n.
1 the act or an instance of swinging.
2 the motion of swinging.
3 the extent of swinging.
4 a swinging or smooth gait or rhythm or action.
5 a a seat slung by ropes or chains etc. for swinging on or in. b a spell of swinging on this.
6 an easy but vigorous continued action.
7 a jazz or dance music with an easy flowing rhythm. b the rhythmic feeling or drive of this music.
8 a discernible change in opinion, esp. the amount by which votes or points scored etc. change from one side to another.

Idiom

swing-boat a boat-shaped swing at fairs. swing-bridge a bridge that can be swung to one side to allow the passage of ships. swing-door a door able to open in either direction and close itself when released. swing the lead Brit. colloq. malinger; shirk one's duty. swings and roundabouts a situation affording no eventual gain or loss (from the phr. lose on the swings what you make on the roundabouts). swing shift US a work shift from afternoon to late evening. swing-wing an aircraft wing that can move from a right-angled to a swept-back position. swung dash a dash (°) with alternate curves.

Usage

Derivative

swinger n. (esp. in sense 10 of v.).

Etymology

OE swingan to beat f. Gmc

THESAURUS

swing

Alexandrine, Ferris wheel, Long Melford, Zeitgeist, accent, accentuation, acid rock, act, acting, action, activism, activity, air space, alternate, amble, amphibrach, amphimacer, ample scope, anacrusis, anapest, animated, antispast, arsis, asking price, avant-garde jazz, avert, bacchius, back and fill, backhand, backhander, backstroke, bag, ballroom music, bang, barge, bash, bat, battledore and shuttlecock, be hanged, be promiscuous, bearing, bearish prices, beat, beating, bebop, behavior, belt, bend to, bias, bid price, biff, blank check, blow, blunder, bob, bobble, bolo punch, bonk, boogie-woogie, book value, bop, bowl along, brandish, bullish prices, bundle, cadence, cadency, caesura, call price, careen, career, carousel, carte blanche, cascade, catalexis, change, chase women, chloriamb, chloriambus, chop, chute-the-chutes, chutes, circle, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, clear, clear the hurdle, clearance, clip, closing price, clout, clump, coggle, colon, come about, come along, come and go, come on, coming and going, commit adultery, concert, conduce, contribute, contrive, cooking, counterpoint, country rock, course, crack, crank, cretic, current, cut, cut and thrust, cut the mustard, dactyl, dactylic hexameter, daggle, dance music, dance upon nothing, dances, dangle, dash, debauch, decline, deflect, depend, diaeresis, dig, dimeter, dint, dipody, direction, dispense, dispose, dissipate, divert, dochmiac, doing, drabble, drag, draggle, dramatico-musical, drape, drift, droop, drub, drubbing, drumming, ebb and flow, elbowroom, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, emphasis, employment, engineer, epitrite, exercise, face value, fall, falter, feint, feminine caesura, fetch about, field, fixed price, flail at, flail away at, flap, flapping, flash price, flaunt, float, flop, flounce, flounder, flourish, flourishing, flow, fluctuate, fluctuating, fluctuation, flurry, flutter, fly, flying horses, folk rock, foot, footslog, fornicate, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, full scope, full swing, function, functioning, fusillade, gait, gallop, get along, get by, get on, glacial movement, go, go about, go around, go on, go round, go through phases, going, groove, grovel, gyrate, gyre, hack it, halt, hang, hang down, hard rock, have a tendency, haymaker, head, headroom, heave, heel, heptameter, heptapody, heroic couplet, hexameter, hexapody, high, hippety-hop, hit, hit at, hitch, hitch and hike, hobble, hobbyhorse, home thrust, hook, hop, hot jazz, iamb, iambic, iambic pentameter, ictus, in full swing, incline, instrumental, ionic, issue par, issue price, jab, jazz, jazzy, jiggle, jingle, jive, jog, jolt, jump, kick the air, knack, knock, labor, lash out at, latitude, lead, lean, leeway, let drive at, let fly at, librate, libration, lick, lilt, limits, limp, line, lively, lock step, long rope, look to, lop, low, lumber, lunge, lunge at, lurch, main current, mainstream, mainstream jazz, make heavy weather, make it, make out, make the grade, manage, manage somehow, maneuver, maneuvering space, manipulate, margin, market price, market value, masculine caesura, measure, merry-go-round, meter, metrical accent, metrical foot, metrical group, metrical unit, metrics, metron, metronome, mince, mincing steps, molossus, mora, motion, movement, movements, moving, muddle through, musical suite, negotiate, no holds barred, nod, nominal value, number, numbers, nutate, occupation, offering price, on the hop, on the move, one-two, open space, opening price, operation, operations, orchestral, oscillate, oscillating, oscillation, oscillator, pace, paddle, paeon, par, par value, parity, pass, pass and repass, pattern, peg, pelt, pend, pendulate, pendulum, pentameter, pentapody, period, philander, piaffe, piaffer, pirouette, pitch, pitch and plunge, pitch and toss, pivot, pivot about, play, play jazz, plod, plunge, plunk, ply, point, point to, poke, poke at, pound, practice, prance, praxis, price, proceleusmatic, prosody, punch, put about, put over, put price, put through, pyrrhic, quantity, quotation, quoted price, rack, rag, ragtime, rake, rally, range, rap, rear, reciprocate, redound to, reel, resonate, revolve, rhyme, rhythm, rhythm-and-blues, rhythmic pattern, ride and tie, ring the changes, rock, rock-and-roll, rocker, rocking chair, rocking stone, roll, roller coaster, room, room to spare, rope, rotate, round, round-arm blow, roundabout, roundhouse, routine, run, sag, sashay, saunter, scend, scope, scrape along, screw, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, sea room, seesaw, seethe, serve, set, set toward, settling price, shake, shamble, sheer, shift, short-arm blow, show a tendency, shuffle, shuttle, shuttlecock, sidewinder, sidle, single-foot, skip, slam, sleep around, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slowness, slug, smack, smash, sock, space, spare room, spin, spondee, sprung rhythm, stab, stagger, stalk, stamp, stated value, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stream, stress, stride, strike at, strike out at, stroke, stroll, strolling gait, struggle, strut, stumble, stump, succeed in, suffer hanging, suite, suite of dances, swag, swagger, swat, sway, swaying, sweep, swing at, swing on, swing round, swing the deal, swinging, swings, swipe, switch, swivel, symphonic, syncopate, syncopated, syncopated music, syncopation, syzygy, tattoo, teeter, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetery-bender, tend, tenor, tetrameter, tetrapody, tetraseme, the general tendency, the main course, the new music, thesis, thrash about, thrust, thrust at, thump, thwack, time spirit, tittup, to-and-fro, toddle, tolerance, tone, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter, trail, traipse, tread, trend, tribrach, trick, trimeter, trip, tripody, triseme, trochee, trot, trudge, tumble, turn, turn a pirouette, turn about, turn around, turn round, turn tail, twist, under way, undulate, uppercut, vacillate, vary, veer, veer around, velocity, verge, vibrate, vibrating, vibration, vibrator, volte-face, volutation, waddle, wag, waggle, walk, wallop, wallow, wamble, wanton, warp, wave, waver, wavering, waving, wax and wane, way, weave, weep, welter, whack, wheel, wheel about, whip, whirl, whirligig, whop, whore, wibble-wabble, wide berth, wield, wiggle, wigwag, wind, wing, wobble, wobbling, womanize, work, work toward, working, workings, worry along, yaw, yerk, zigzag

ROGET THESAURUS

swing

Freedom

N freedom, liberty, independence, license, facility, scope, range, latitude, play, free play, full play, free scope, full scope, free stage and no favor, swing, full swing, elbowroom, margin, rope, wide berth, Liberty Hall, franchise, denization, free man, freed man, livery man, denizen, autonomy, self-government, liberalism, free trade, noninterference, Monroe Doctrine, immunity, exemption, emancipation, enfranchisement, affranchisement, free land, freehold, allodium, frankalmoigne, mortmain, bushwhacker, freelance, free thinker, free trader, independent, free, free as air, out of harness, independent, at large, loose, scot-free, left alone, left to oneself, in full swing, uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled, unsubject, ungoverned, unenslaved, unenthralled, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled, unrestricted, unlimited, unmitigated, unconditional, absolute, discretionary, unassailed, unforced, uncompelled, unbiassed, spontaneous, free and easy, at ease, at one's ease, degage, quite at home, wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished, exempt, freed, freeborn, autonomous, freehold, allodial, gratis, eleutherian, unclaimed, going a begging, freely, ad libitum, ubi libertas ibi patria, free white and twenty-one.

Punishment

VB punish, chastise, chasten, castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice, cowhide, lambaste, visit upon, pay, pay out, serve out, do for, make short work of, give a lesson to, serve one right, make an example of, have a rod in pickle for, give it one, strike, deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite, slap, slap the face, smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet, thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor, lace, lace one's jacket, dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue, beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly, give a black eye, tar and feather, pelt, stone, lapidate, masthead, keelhaul, execute, bring to the block, bring to the gallows, behead, decapitate, guillotine, decollate, hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter, shoot, decimate, burn, break on the wheel, crucify, empale, impale, flay, lynch, electrocute, gas, send to the gas chamber, torture, put on, put to the rack, picket, banish, exile, transport, expel, ostracize, rusticate, drum out, dismiss, disbar, disbench, strike off the roll, unfrock, post, suffer, suffer for, suffer punishment, be flogged, be executed, suffer the ultimate penalty, be hanged, come to the gallows, mount the gallows, swing, twist in the wind, dance upon nothing, die in one's shoes, be rightly served, be electrocuted, fry, ride the lightning, face the firing squad.

Agency

N agency, operation, force, working, strain, function, office, maintenance, exercise, work, swing, play, interworking, interaction, procurement, causation, instrumentality, influence, action, modus operandi, quickening power, maintaining power, sustaining power, home stroke, operative, efficient, efficacious, practical, effectual, at work, on foot, acting, in operation, in force, in action, in play, in exercise, acted upon, wrought upon, by the agency of through, by means of, I myself must mix with action lest I wither by des.

Space

N space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace, room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread, dimension, length, distance, size, volume, hypervolume, latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver, spare room, elbow room, house room, stowage, roomage, margin, opening, sphere, arena, open space, free space, void, waste, wildness, wilderness, moor, moorland, campagna, abyss, unlimited space, infinity, world, ubiquity, length and breadth of the land, proportions, acreage, acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles, square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing), ares, arpents, spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample, widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed, boundless, shoreless, trackless, pathless, extended, extensively, wherever, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, right and left, all over, all the world over, throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land, under the sun, in every quarter, in all quarters, in all lands, here there and everywhere, from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end, on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass, to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.

Amusement

N amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games, diversion, divertissement, reaction, solace, pastime, passetemps, sport, labor of love, pleasure, relaxation, leisure, fun, frolic, merriment, jollity, joviality, jovialness, heyday, laughter, jocosity, jocoseness, drollery, buffoonery, tomfoolery, mummery, pleasantry, wit, quip, quirk, giggle, titter, snigger, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout, horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh, guffaw, burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter, cachinnation, Kentish fire, tiger, play, game, game at romps, gambol, romp, prank, antic, rig, lark, spree, skylarking, vagary, monkey trick, gambade, fredaine, escapade, echappee, bout, espieglerie, practical joke, dance, hop, reel, rigadoon, saraband, hornpipe, bolero, ballroom dance, minuet, waltz, polka, fox trot, tango, samba, rhumba, twist, stroll, hustle, cha-cha, fandango, cancan, bayadere, breakdown, cake-walk, cornwallis, break dancing, nautch-girl, shindig, skirtdance, stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance, galop, galopade, jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey, allemande, gavot, gavotte, tarantella, mazurka, morisco, morris dance, quadrille, country dance, folk dance, cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley, ballet, ball, bal, bal masque, bal costume, masquerade, Terpsichore, festivity, merrymaking, party, blowout, hullabaloo, hoedown, bat, bum, bust, clambake, donation party, fish fry, jamboree, kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum, tear, Turnerfest, yule log, fete, festival, gala, ridotto, revels, revelry, reveling, carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks, feast, banquet, regale, symposium, wassail, carouse, carousal, jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre, regatta, field day, treat, round of pleasures, dissipation, a short life and a merry one, racketing, holiday making, rejoicing, jubilee, bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker, holiday, gala day, red letter day, play day, high days and holidays, high holiday, Bank holiday, May day, Derby day, Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, Bairam, wayz-goos, bean feast, Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day, Mardi gras, mi-careme, feria, fiesta, place of amusement, theater, hall, concert room, ballroom, assemblyroom, music hall, park, plaisance, national park, national forest, state park, county park, city park, vest-pocket park, public park (public), arbor, garden, pleasure ground, playground, cricketground, croquet ground, archery ground, hunting ground, tennis court, racket court, bowling alley, green alley, croquet lawn, rink, glaciarum, skating rink, roundabout, merry-go-round, swing, montagne Russe, game of chance, game of skill, athletic sports, gymnastics, archery, rifle shooting, tournament, pugilism, sports, horse racing, the turf, aquatics, skating, sliding, cricket, tennis, lawn tennis, hockey, football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, basketball, rackets, fives, trap bat and ball, battledore and shuttlecock, la grace, pall- mall, tipcat, croquet, golf, curling, pallone, polo, water polo, tent pegging, tilting at the ring, quintain, greasy pole, quoits, horseshoes, discus, rounders, lacrosse, tobogganing, water polo, knurr and spell, leapfrog, hop skip and jump, mother may I, French and English, tug of war, blindman's bluff, hunt the slopper, hide and seek, kiss in the ring, snapdragon, cross questions and crooked answers, crisscross, hopscotch, jacks, jackstones, marbles, mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg, pushball, shinney, shinny, tag, billiards, pool, pingpong, pyramids, bagatelle, bowls, skittles, ninepins, kain, American bowls, tenpins, tivoli, cards, card games, whist, rubber, round game, loo, cribbage, besique, euchre, drole, ecarte, picquet, allfours, quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit, boston, boaston, blackjack, twenty- one, vingtun, quinze, thirty-one, put, speculation, connections, brag, cassino, lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren, lift smoke, blind hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs, banker, blind poker, draw poker, straight poker, stud poker, bluff, bridge, bridge whist, lotto, monte, three-card monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis, squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-my- neighbor, baccarat, ace, king, queen, knave, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, trey, deuce, joker, trump, wild card, spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds, major suit, minor suit, bower, right bower, left bower, dummy, jackpot, deck, pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full-house, four of a kind, royal flush, misere chess, draughts, checkers, checquers, backgammon, dominos, merelles, nine men's morris, go bang, solitaire, game of fox and goose, monopoly, loto, scrabble, scribbage, boggle, crossword puzzle, hangman, morra, gambling, toy, plaything, bauble, doll, teetotum, knickknack, magic lantern, peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show, toy shop, quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles, entertainer, showman, showgirl, dancer, tap dancer, song-and-dance man, vaudeville act, singer, musician, sportsman, gamester, reveler, master of ceremonies, master of revels, pompom girl, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter bibendi, archer, fan, toxophilite, turfman, amusing, entertaining, diverting, recreational, recreative, lusory, pleasant, laughable, witty, fun, festive, festal, jovial, jolly, jocund, roguish, rompish, playful, playful as a kitten, sportive, ludibrious, funny, very funny, hilarious, uproarious, side-splitting, amused, pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw, laughing, risible, ready to burst, ready to split, ready to die with laughter, convulsed with laughter, rolling in the aisles, on the light fantastic toe, at play, in sport, Int, vive la bagatelle!, vogue la galere!, deus nobis haec otia fecit, dum vivimus vivamus, dulce est desipere in loco, (every room) hath blazed with lights and brayed wi, misce stullitiam consiliis brevem.

Pendency

VB be pendent, hang, depend, swing, dangle, swag, daggle, flap, trail, flow, beetle, suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.

Oscillation

N oscillation, vibration, libration, motion of a pendulum, nutation, undulation, pulsation, pulse, alternation, coming and going, ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down, fluctuation, vacillation, wave, vibratiuncle, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch, dodge, logan, loggan, rocking-stone, vibroscope, oscillating, oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory, libratory, rectilinear, vibratory, vibratile, pendulous, to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well.

VB oscillate, vibrate, librate, alternate, undulate, wave, rock, swing, pulsate, beat, wag, waggle, nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy, tick, play, wamble, wabble, dangle, swag, fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake, quiver, quaver, shake, flicker, wriggle, roll, toss, pitch, flounder, stagger, totter, move up and down, bob up and down, pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go, vacillate, teeter, brandish, shake, flourish.