Synonym: dangle, fluctuate, hang, lurch, reel, rock, roll, sway. Similar words: in full swing, wing, swimming, owing to, drawing, following, switch, win. Meaning: [swɪŋ] n. 1. a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity 2. mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth 3. a sweeping blow or stroke 4. changing location by moving back and forth 5. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz 6. a jaunty rhythm in music 7. the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it 8. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball 9. a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them. v. 1. move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting 2. move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner 3. change direction with a swinging motion; turn 4. influence decisively 5. make a big sweeping gesture or movement 6. hang freely 7. hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement 8. alternate dramatically between high and low values 9. live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style 10. have a certain musical rhythm 11. be a social swinger; socialize a lot 12. play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm 13. engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends.
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181. Patterson's evidence plainly indicates that there has been a gradual swing away from front values in the past century or so.
182. They haven't achieved such a swing since its landslide victory in 1945.
183. The swing from defence on our own goal line, the attack from deep?
184. Once the Sea Knight approached the zone on a planned route, the Cobra was to swing back around.
185. When my brother donated his bicycle to the large scrap drive, I donated our swing set to outdo him.
186. This gives you the freedom to move back and forth and swing your arm - you must feel free!
187. The campaign has already been in full swing for several months, even though it has not officially started.
188. There will be many a swing in both conventional wisdom and political fortunes between now and November.
189. Alice Berwicke, visiting Plymouth for the association in 1881, found reclamation and educational work in full swing in the local branch.
190. Keeping the top leg straight, flex the foot and swing the leg forwards and backwards 5 times.
191. The first man out of the starting gate today will swing and glide over a carpet of man-made snow 80 centimetres deep.
192. Inaugural activities were in full swing Saturday despite the cold.
193. The trouble was that when the pendulum did swing, it swung too far, right to the opposite side.
194. This, of course, causes the pendulum to swing in the same direction.
195. Loi was well on his way down into the depths of a mood swing.
196. However, never park your trailer near one which has poor stands and is liable to swing in a wind.
197. And those in swing districts may well be in deep distress as national Republican fortunes falter.
198. His technique for passing cars was to lay on the horn, swing out into the other lane, and persevere.
199. Watch any good swing closely and you will notice that the left forearm rotates clockwise on the backswing.
200. He marched through the swing doors in front of the others and Camb got into the car.
201. The dock's redeeming qualities are the old swing bridges and the boats themselves, many of them beautiful old sailing ships.
202. Swing low, sweet Chariot is left unaccompanied, but that involves a disturbing oddity of pitching at the start.
203. It is this bracing action which allows the legs to work during the forward swing.
204. The door began to swing inwards, but painfully slowly, his weight and the strong breeze hindering its progress.
205. Lead experienced the biggest swing, hitting a ten-year high of £800 a tonne in March.
206. In poll-capped Brent, where the levy and average bills only increased by 4%, the swing against Labour was 7.3%.
207. Then it was the latter's turn to make a blind swing into a bottomless groove to start the second pitch.
208. The swing to the Liberal Democrats at Newbury was 29%.
209. His moods swing alarmingly.
210. The trouble with playing from this distance, however,(http://sentencedict.com/swing.html) is that you do not require a full swing.