DICTOMETER

SWINGS

1. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
   Examples:
   • The party went with a swing
   • It took time to get into the swing of things
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • a sweeping blow or stroke
   Examples:
   • He took a wild swing at my head
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   • Swinging
   • Vacillation
   Definitions:
   • changing location by moving back and forth
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   • Swing music
   • Jive
   Definitions:
   • a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s
   • flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Lilt
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • a jaunty rhythm in music
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Golf stroke
   • Golf shot
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Baseball swing
   • Swing
   • Cut
   Definitions:
   • in baseball
   • a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
   Examples:
   • He took a vicious cut at the ball
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • a square dance figure
   • a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
   Examples:
   • He swung his left fist
   • Swing a bat
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   • Sway
   Definitions:
   • move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
   Examples:
   • He swung back
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • change direction with a swinging motion
   • turn
   Examples:
   • Swing back
   • Swing forward
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   • Swing over
   Definitions:
   • influence decisively
   Examples:
   • This action swung many votes over to his side
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   • Sweep
   • Swing out
   Definitions:
   • make a big sweeping gesture or movement
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Dangle
   • Swing
   • Drop
   Definitions:
   • hang freely
   Examples:
   • The ornaments dangled from the tree
   • The light dropped from the ceiling
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
   Examples:
   • The soccer player began to swing at the referee
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • alternate dramatically between high and low values
   Examples:
   • His mood swings
   • The market is swinging up and down
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Swing
   Definitions:
   • live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
   Examples:
   • The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Swing
    Definitions:
    • have a certain musical rhythm
    Examples:
    • The music has to swing
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Swing
    • Get around
    Definitions:
    • be a social swinger
    • socialize a lot
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Swing
    Definitions:
    • play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Swing
    Definitions:
    • engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
    Examples:
    • There were many swinging couples in the 1960's