swing

noun

1
changing location by moving back and forth
2
a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
3
in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
he took a vicious cut at the ball
4
the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
5
a sweeping blow or stroke
he took a wild swing at my head
6
mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
7
a jaunty rhythm in music
8
a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
9
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

1
alternate dramatically between high and low values
his mood swings
the market is swinging up and down
2
hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
The soccer player began to swing at the referee
3
engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
There were many swinging couples in the 1960's

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