to swing

Definition of to swing in English English dictionary: A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing; The amount of change towards or away from something
The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.; To dance; to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory; To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave
He swung his sword as hard as he could.; To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping; In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles; To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially
If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.; To move one's arm in a punching motion; To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election; 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; To ride on a swing
The children laughed as they swung.; {n} a waving motion, unrestrained liberty; {v} to wave or move loosely, to whirl round; (Muzik) A swing or shuffle rhythm is the rhythm produced by playing repeated pairs of notes in this way; Take a secure hold with your partner (long-arm hold, short-arm hold, etc ) and use a buzz step to turn clockwise; Shifting the rhythmic accents of a melody; If a vehicle swings in a particular direction, or if the driver swings it in a particular direction, they turn suddenly in that direction. Joanna swung back on to the main approach and headed for the airport The tyres dug into the grit as he swung the car off the road; {f} move back and forth; strike with a sweeping movement of the arm; turn; alter one's opinion or interest; ride on a swing; successfully arrange (Slang); play rhythmically (Music); be hanged (Slang); changing location by moving back and forth; An ever popular blend of several African American dances, which include Lindy and Ragtime Jazz and Blues, as well as all the other dance music to accompanying dances of the past ninety years Today it generally refers to the ballroom and night club version which is based on two slow and two quick counts or the slow and two quick counts of rhythm dances; have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"; If something swings or if you swing it, it moves repeatedly backwards and forwards or from side to side from a fixed point. The sail of the little boat swung crazily from one side to the other She was swinging a bottle of wine by its neck Ian lit a cigarette and sat on the end of the table, one leg swinging. Swing is also a noun. a woman in a tight red dress, walking with a slight swing to her hips; Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion; alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"; influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"; To make something work; especially to afford something financially; The frame movement caused by punching; The diameter that a lathe can cut; change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"; In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles. See understudy; The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum; To be hanged; As defined by Sun Microsystems, the code name for a collection of GUI components that runs uniformly on any native platform that supports the Java virtual machine (JVM) Contrast with Abstract Window Toolkit; The manner in which something is swung; 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"; If you swing at a person or thing, you try to hit them with your arm or with something that you are holding. Blanche swung at her but she moved her head back and Blanche missed I picked up his baseball bat and swung at the man's head. Swing is also a noun. I often want to take a swing at someone to relieve my feelings. = swipe; The free foot is raised and moved forward, backward sideward or crosswise; 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; If you get into the swing of something, you become very involved in it and enjoy what you are doing. Everyone understood how hard it was to get back into the swing of things after such a long absence; 1 to make a stroke 2 a significant change in the score Example: His swing had flaws but he was very effective 2 When Tamara birdied the 3rd hole there was a two shot swing; make a big sweeping gesture or movement; To fluctuate or change; Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing; have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing; Partners, in either waltz* or ceili* hold, spin around each other making four (or more) complete turns in 8 bars To accomplish the movement safely, partners' R feet should be placed together, overlapped by about one third and little toe to little toe rather than instep to instep (is 'outstep' an acceptable opposite?) The R foot carries the weight on counts 1 and 3 of each bar while the L foot, held behind the R heel, propels the dancer round on counts 2 and 4 The aim should be to keep the R foot turning in as small a space as possible and as flat to the floor as possible to produce a smooth, flat swing; To move backward and forward, especially rotating about or hanging from a fixed point; To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure; n to move from one sideline to the other, usually in approaching to attack; a type of offense that uses the swing approach ç©¿æ’è·‘å‹• (å¾žå ´åœ°ä¸€é‚Šåˆ°å¦ä¸€é‚Š)ã€‚; in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball"; To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate; A library of Java classes used to write programs for GUIs, including applet programs See GUI; to move sideways in its trajectory; To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide; make a big sweeping gesture or movement play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"; Swing is a style of jazz dance music that was popular in the 1930's. It was played by big bands; a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz; Jazzy dance music with an easy flowing rhythm; be a social swinger; socialize a lot influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"; a jaunty rhythm in music; If you say that a situation is swings and roundabouts, you mean that there are as many gains as there are losses; The Swing classes are part of a wider collection known as the Java Foundation Classes (JFC) Swing classes are defined in the javax swing packages They provide a further set of components that extend the capabilities of the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) Of particular significance is the greater control they provide over an application's look-and-feel; n to move from one sideline to the other, usually in approaching to attack; a type of offense that uses the swing approach; To change a numerical result; especially to change the outcome of an election; A swing is a seat hanging by two ropes or chains from a metal frame or from the branch of a tree. You can sit on the seat and move forwards and backwards through the air; The genre of music associated with this dance style; the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it; To hang from the gallows; hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"; If someone swings around, they turn around quickly, usually because they are surprised. She swung around to him, spilling her tea without noticing it