Noun
1. 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"2. mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
3. a sweeping blow or stroke;
"he took a wild swing at my head"4. changing location by moving back and forth
5. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
6. a jaunty rhythm in music
7. the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
8. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball;
"he took a vicious cut at the ball"9. a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
Verb
1. move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting;
"He swung his left fist""swing a bat"2. move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner;
"He swung back"3. change direction with a swinging motion; turn;
"swing back""swing forward"4. influence decisively;
"This action swung many votes over to his side"5. make a big sweeping gesture or movement
6. hang freely;
"the ornaments dangled from the tree""The light dropped from the ceiling"7. hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement;
"The soccer player began to swing at the referee"8. alternate dramatically between high and low values;
"his mood swings""the market is swinging up and down"9. live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style;
"The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"10. have a certain musical rhythm;
"The music has to swing"11. be a social swinger; socialize a lot
12. play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
13. engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends;
"There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"