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changing location by moving back and forth 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" change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward" move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat" be a social swinger; socialize a lot influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side" live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely" engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one''s friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960''s" hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee" alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down" a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head" mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth 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; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things" have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing" a jaunty rhythm in music in baseball; a batter''s attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball" hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling" the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
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