swing

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above.
• intransitive verb To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm.
• intransitive verb To move laterally or in a curve.
• intransitive verb To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot.
• intransitive verb To move along with an easy, swaying gait.
• intransitive verb To propel oneself from one place or position to another by grasping a fixed support.
• intransitive verb To ride on a swing.
• intransitive verb To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate.
• intransitive verb Slang To be put to death by hanging.
• intransitive verb To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.
• intransitive verb To play with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.
• intransitive verb To be lively, trendy, and exciting.
• intransitive verb To engage in promiscuous sex.
• intransitive verb To exchange sex partners. Used especially of married couples.
• intransitive verb To have a sexual orientation.
• intransitive verb To cause to move back and forth, as on a swing.
• intransitive verb To cause to move in a broad arc or curve.
• intransitive verb To cause to move with a sweeping motion.
• intransitive verb To lift and convey with a sweeping motion.
• intransitive verb To suspend so as to sway or turn freely.
• intransitive verb To suspend on hinges.
• intransitive verb To cause to turn on hinges.
• intransitive verb To cause to shift from one attitude, position, opinion, or condition to another.
• intransitive verb To manage or arrange successfully.
• intransitive verb To bring around to the desired result.
• intransitive verb Music To play (music) with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.
• noun The act or an instance of swinging; movement back and forth or in one particular direction.
• noun The sweep or scope of something that swings.
• noun A blow or stroke executed with a sweeping motion of the arm.
• noun The manner in which one swings something, such as a bat or golf club.
• noun A shift from one attitude, position, or condition to another.
• noun Freedom of action.
• noun A swaying, graceful motion.
• noun A sweep back and forth.
• noun A course or tour that returns to the starting point.
• noun A seat suspended from above, as by ropes, on which one can ride back and forth for recreation.
• noun The normal rhythm of life or pace of activities.
• noun A steady, vigorous rhythm or movement, as in verse.
• noun A regular movement up or down, as in stock prices.
• noun A type of popular dance music developed about 1935 and based on jazz but employing a larger band, less improvisation, and simpler harmonic and rhythmic patterns.
• noun A ballroom dance performed to this music.
• noun A subtle, intuitively felt rhythmic quality or sense of rhythm.
• adjective Music Relating to or performing swing.