Swing (Noun)
Meaning 1
Changing location by moving back and forth.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
A square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 4
Mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- I sat down on the swing and started pumping my legs to soar higher.
- She pulled herself up onto the swing set ladder with a little help from her mom.
- As I rocked gently on the old porch swing I felt the cares of the day melting away.
- My friends and I stood patiently behind the yellow line on the playground waiting for our turn on the swings.
- We headed for the playground swing set so the kids could burn off some energy on the jungle gym and playground slides and swings.
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Meaning 5
A sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 6
The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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- Downswing
- Approach
- Driving
- Putt
- Sclaff
- Hook
- Draw
- Drive
- Teeoff
- Putting
- Shank
- Approach Shot
- Explosion
- Fade
- Slice
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Meaning 7
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".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 8
A jaunty rhythm in music.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 9
In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.