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Definition of Swing

Swing To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate. To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open. To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3. To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide. To be hanged. To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other. 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. 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. The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum. Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing. 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. Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it. Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency. Related Definitions: Act, Action, Admit, Air, Also, Amusement, An, Anchor, And, Another, Any, Anything, Apparatus, Are, As, At, Attached, Backward, Be, Being, Body, Bottom, Bough, Boy, Brandish, Business, By, Can, Capacity, Cause, Circular, Club, Commonly, Consisting, Contrivance, Cord, Course, Determined, Diameter, Direction, Door, Especially, Exercise, For, Forward, Free, Fro, From, Give, Hanged, Hanging, Hence, In, Influence, Is, It, Lathe, Liberty, License, Line, Loop, Loose, Manage, May, Men, Motion, Move, Movement, Object, Of, One, Open, Or, Oscillate, Oscillating, Oscillation, Other, Overhead, Pendulum, Pivoted, Placed, Pleasure, Power, Produced, Pulley, Purpose, Put, Recreation, Rope, Round, Said, Seat, See, Shaping, Ship, Side, Similar, Some, Suspended, Sway, Swaying, Swing, Swinging, Sword, Swung, Tendency, That, The, Thing, Tide, To, Tree, Turn, Turned, Turning, Two, Upon, Use, Vibrate, Vibratory, Walk, Wave, Waving, When, Which, Whirl, Wind, With

Swing Quotations You don't swing where you sleep. Sammy Davis, Jr. You've got to be rich to have a swing like that. Bob Hope How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball. George Herman Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. Henry Ford It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing. Irving Mills

Swing Translations swing in Afrikaans is swaai swing in Danish is svinge swing in Dutch is balanceren, doen schommelen swing in Finnish is keinuttaa, heiluttaa swing in French is balancer, vanner, brandir, pivotent, pivotons swing in German is sich frei bewegen, sich drehen, Anschlag, Hub swing in Italian is altalena, brandire swing in Spanish is columrio, tremolar, balancearse

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