Definitions For Swing

noun

• Changing location by moving back and forth
• A square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
• In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
• The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
• A sweeping blow or stroke
• Mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
• A jaunty rhythm in music
• A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
• A state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
• An act of moving something with a quick, sweeping motion : an act of swinging a bat, fist, etc.
• The movement of something that swings backward and forward or from side to side
• A usually sudden change from one state or condition to another

verb

• Alternate dramatically between high and low values
• Hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
• Engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
• 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
• Change direction with a swinging motion; turn
• Move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
• Be a social swinger; socialize a lot
• Influence decisively
• Live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
• Hang freely
• Have a certain musical rhythm
• To move backward and forward or from side to side while hanging from something
• To move with a smooth, curving motion
• To move (your arm, a tool, etc.) with a quick, curving motion especially to try to hit something