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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211. At federal level the Liberal-National opposition needed only a swing of 1.4 percent for victory.
212. They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors.
213. Barcelona was full of visitors, and preparations for the Olympic Games were in full swing.
214. It was a great walk, with swing bridges across the river, and we never met a soul all day.
215. His reflex action was to bend and swing round violently, and I was thrown to the ground.
216. Stark made another swing, and I closed my eyes and listened for the sounds of good golf.
217. Its passengers swing around like boxed chickens in the back of a livestock lorry on a mountain pass.
218. It gained an additional eight seats in the North West, but the swing there was only 2.0 percent.
219. So he changed his swing, changed his exercise routine and started a stretching program.
220. Sooner or later students will need to swing, or stop a swing, to avoid a collision on the ground.
221. This sudden swing, forceful as a storm: the boy, gnashing teeth, snapping as an animal.
222. With the sling load hooked up, the swing of the fuselage is slowed by the inertia of the attached load.
223. Sometimes the girl did not leave hold of her swing, and the act failed.
224. The swing tickets are for pricing your garments and also for giving washing instructions and fibre content.
225. But Robert finds that he can not avoid the latter, and thus begins the great pendulum swing of his life.
226. There are about 247 things you need to do correctly to execute a proper golf swing.
227. With a 7-iron, Peter made a tentative, lunging swing and knocked his ball into a bunker again.
228. The Longbridge car plant in the constituency has suffered in the recession and Labour needs a swing of only 2.5 percent.
229. The sun will never swing away from that casement window, for we have abolished time at a stroke, my dearest spirit!
230. I am on a swing in a small park with my brother.
231. Let your arms swing with you and feel the energy coming from the extra oxygen you are breathing.
232. A wrought-iron girder swing bridge at the Northern Entrance Lock may be the original installed by Brunel.
233. Both throw a lot of strikes and both make hitters swing the bat early in the count.
234. Some had a better grip, while others were heavier and harder for us to swing.
235. At last the wheel stops and we swing and sway like a pendulum above the seething fairground.
236. The Conservatives need a 7.3 % swing to ensure that Labour loses 90 seats, and its overall majority.
237. Great September stories faded and Mike Piazza just disappeared,(www.Sentencedict.com) his swing in tatters.
238. I could never get a decent swing with my left hand, but at best I would use it only to repel boarders.
239. Try to achieve a well balanced follow-through position as it's a good indication that you are in control of your swing.
240. He made telephone calls to swing Congressmen right up to the roll call.