Word: swing

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Synonyms: swing

companion, friend, colleague, associate, partner, coworker, workmate, pal, crony, mate, chum, buddy, dawg, peeps, familiar, fellow, brother

Translations: swing

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spanish
Translations:
giratorio
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german
Translations:
schaukel, schwingen
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french
Translations:
pivoter, agiter, pourceau, osciller, balancer, branler, oscillation, pivotent, brandir, élan, ...
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italian
Translations:
dondolare, altalena, dimenare, brandire
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portuguese
Translations:
defraudar, bambolear, abalançar, balanço
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dutch
Translations:
balanceren
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russian
Translations:
помахивать, раскачиваться, суинг, качать, раскачаться, качание, мах, направлять, покачать, колебание, ...
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swedish
Translations:
svänga, vagga, gunga
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finnish
Translations:
häilyä, heiluttaa, keinuttaa, heilahdus, heiluminen, keinua
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danish
Translations:
svinge
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czech
Translations:
kývat, komíhat, rozkývat, houpat, kmitat, vzlet, rozmach, zamávat, kolébat, houpačka
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polish
Translations:
swing, rozpęd, wahanie, zamach, machać, wahnięcie, kołysać, wymach, zwrot, huśtawka, ...
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hungarian
Translations:
lengéstágasság, lendületvétel, eltolódás, hinta, elfordíthatóság, szving
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greek
Translations:
κουνώ, κούνια
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ukrainian
Translations:
коливати, колихати, колихатися, коливання, ритм
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albanian
Translations:
përkund
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estonian
Translations:
kaldumine, kaar
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croatian
Translations:
njihanje, ljuljanje, ljuljačka, zamah
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slovak
Translations:
swing, hojdať, kyv, kolba, mávať

The meaning and "use of": swing

noun
  • a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth. - The chains that had been holding the seat of the swing up were still sticking straight out.
  • an act of swinging. - with the swing of her arm, the knife flashed through the air
  • a discernible change in opinion. - the South's swing to the right
  • a style of jazz or dance music with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm. - His choreography is full of intricate rhythms done with up-tempo swing and other driving jazz music forms.
  • a swift tour involving a number of stops, especially one undertaken as part of a political campaign. - Also afterwards, President Bush opened a five-day campaign swing with a bus tour in Florida.
  • (in musical theater) an understudy, typically one who covers multiple roles in the chorus of a particular production. - He sang, he danced and read scenes of Max and Franz, eventually besting more than a dozen other hopefuls to become a swing .
verb
  • 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
  • move by grasping a support from below and leaping. - we swung across like two trapeze artists
  • move or cause to move in a smooth, curving line. - he swung her bag up onto the rack
  • shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another. - opinion swung in the chancellor's favor
  • play music with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm. - the band swung on
  • (of an event, place, or way of life) be lively, exciting, or fashionable. - Lam Morrisson & Band provided the live music and the place was really swinging .
  • be promiscuous, typically by engaging in group sex or swapping sexual partners. - I would like to get them to swing more often to impress my partner.

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