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- Dictionaryswing/swɪŋ/
verb
- 1. move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis: "her long black skirt swung about her legs" Similar
- 2. move by grasping a support from below and leaping: "we swung across like two trapeze artists"
noun
- 1. a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
- 2. an act of swinging: "with the swing of her arm, the knife flashed through the air" Similar
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to move easily and without interruption backwards and forwards or from one side to the other, especially from a fixed point, or to cause something or someone to do this: He walked briskly along swinging his rolled-up umbrella. The door swung open. [ I or T ] to move an object or your fist in an attempt to hit something or someone:
The meaning of SWING is to cause to move vigorously through a wide arc or circle. How to use swing in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Swing.
If something swings or if you swing it, it moves repeatedly backwards and forwards or from side to side from a fixed point.
Swing definition: to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above. See examples of SWING used in a sentence.
Definition of swing verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
swing. (swĭng) v. swung (swŭng), swing·ing, swings. v.intr. 1. To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above. 2. To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm: swung at the ball. 3. To move laterally or in a curve: The car swung over to the curb. 4. To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot. 5.
To swing is to sway back and forth, or to move in a sweeping, curving motion. Wind chimes swing in the breeze, and a softball player swings her bat, aiming for the ball. A TV hypnotist will swing a shiny object in front of a patient's face and say, "You are getting very sleepy."
To sway or move backward and forward with regular movement, as a freely hanging object or a ship at anchor; oscillate. Webster's New World. To walk, trot, etc. with freely swaying, relaxed movements of the limbs. Webster's New World. To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm. Swung at the ball. American Heritage. Similar definitions.
SWING definition: 1. to move smoothly backwards and forwards, or to make something do this: 2. to move smoothly in a…. Learn more.
swing meaning, definition, what is swing: to make regular movements forwards and b...: Learn more.
