swing




swing - noun

  • a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
  • mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
  • a sweeping blow or stroke
  • changing location by moving 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 jaunty rhythm in music
  • the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
  • in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
  • a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

  • swing - verb

    swing - thesaurus

    cut   dangle   drop   jive   lilt   sway   sweep   swinging   vacillation