Definition of swing

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Swing (n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing..

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Swinger :: Swinger (n.) A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos..
Swingdevil :: Swing (n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.
Flourish :: Flourish (v. t.) To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish.
Unhang :: Unhang (v. t.) To remove (something hanging or swinging) from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate..
Tail :: Tail (v. i.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream..
Swinger :: Swinger (n.) One who swings or whirls.
Dangle :: Dangle (v. i.) To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion..
Swingel :: Swingeing (a.) Huge; very large.
Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
Swinger :: Swinger (n.) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing..
Swingebuckler :: Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.
Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..
Flail :: Flail (n.) An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely..
Trapeze :: Trapeze (n.) A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts..
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3..
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane..
Capling :: Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel..
Pendulum :: Pendulum (n.) A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.
Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..
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