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/ˈswɪŋ/

verb 5noun 5name 1

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(noun.) change in public opinion, sb's mood, etc.

ADJ

big, dramatic, huge, sharp, violent

The stock market experienced a dramatic swing after the election results were announced yesterday.

modest, small | 10%, etc.

adverse, negative

The team faced a negative swing in public opinion after the controversial decision.

sudden, wild

Her wild swings between happiness and sadness made it difficult for her friends to understand what she was feeling.

late

There was a late swing in public opinion just before the election results came in.

national | electoral

mood

He's been in a better mood swing lately, so it's easier to work with him at the office.

VERB + SWING

need, require

The candidate required a significant swing in voter support to win the election.

represent

Public opinion represents a significant swing toward accepting remote work arrangements.

suffer (from)

PREP

~ against

The election results showed a significant swing against the ruling party.

~ away from

Many young people have swung away from traditional careers toward creative industries recently.

~ from, ~ in

The company saw a dramatic swing from losses to profits over just two years.

~ to/towards/in favour of

The election results showed an unexpected swing towards the Green Party candidates.

(noun.) swinging movement

ADJ

wild | backward, forward | golf | practice

VERB + SWING

do, make, take

She took a swing at the piñata but missed completely.

change

practise

The tennis player spent an hour every morning practising her swing before matches.

PREP

~ at

The boxer swung at his opponent, but missed completely.

(noun.) swinging seat

VERB + SWING

go/play on

After lunch, the children went on the swings in the park near their school.

PREP

on a/the ~

(verb.) move backwards and forwards/from side to side

ADV

gently, slowly

violently, wildly

The playground gate was swinging violently in the strong wind this morning.

back and forth, backwards and forwards, from side to side, to and fro

The child on the playground swung back and forth, laughing with delight.

PREP

from

The children were swinging from the rope across the stream in the park.

(verb.) move smoothly

VERB + SWING

slowly | suddenly

sharply

The pendulum swung sharply to the left as the child pushed it harder.

across, around/round, away, back, down, off, up

The child swung up onto the monkey bars with a big smile on her face.

VERB + SWING

let sth

He let the rope swing back and forth while the children waited for their turn.

PREP

from

The child swung from the monkey bars across the playground.

into

The child swung into the hammock and relaxed after playing outside all afternoon.

towards

The pendulum swung towards the left side of the clock face.

PHRASES

swing open/shut/to

(verb.) change quickly

ADV

rapidly | suddenly

wildly

The pendulum swung wildly back and forth as the child pushed it higher and higher.

heavily

The stock market swung heavily downward after the bad economic news was announced.

PREP

from, to

His opinion swings from support to criticism depending on what he reads online.

Definitions

verb

To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

The plant swung in the breeze.

With one accord the tribe swung rapidly toward the frightened cries, and there found Terkoz holding an old female by the hair and beating her unmercifully with his great hands.

To dance.

To ride on a swing.

The children laughed as they swung.

To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.

We find it difficult to meet couples our age, and often swing with single, straight men. We have rules: no married guys cheating on their wives, no one too young or too old, and no one who supports Trump.

My husband wasn’t so lucky and didn’t get to swing at all so was very disappointed. I’m desperate to do it all again but he’s not so keen.

To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.

“It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!” Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.

noun

The act, or an instance, of swinging.

For a time he kept to the ground, but finally, discovering no spoor indicative of nearby meat, he took to the trees. With the first dizzy swing from tree to tree all the old joy of living swept over him. Vain regrets and dull heartache were forgotten. Now was he living. Now, indeed, was the true happiness of perfect freedom his.

The manner in which something is swung.

He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.

Door swing indicates direction the door opens.

The sweep or compass of a swinging body.

A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.

A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.

To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.

A German court has ruled that a landlord was within her rights to evict a man for persistently using a squeaky swing set as a sex prop in his flat late at night.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — changing location by moving back and forth

swinging
vacillation

noun — in baseball

noun — a jaunty rhythm in music

lilt

noun — a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s

jive

verb — make a big sweeping gesture or movement

sweep

verb — move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

sway

verb — hang freely

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

swing for the fences

To swing at the ball as hard as possible, with the aim of getting a home run.

Don't swing for the fences unless it's an easy ball; be content with running part way.

swing by

To pay a brief, informal visit.

I'll swing by later if I can clock off early.

swing of things

The normal flow and rhythm of daily life or of activities in a specific field.

It's hard to get back into the swing of things after a long holiday.

swing both ways

To be bisexual.

swing round the circle

To make a complete circuit.

He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief.

Example Bank

The plant swung in the breeze.

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With one accord the tribe swung rapidly toward the frightened cries, and there found Terkoz holding an old female by the hair and beating her unmercifully with his great hands.

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The starliner swung into orbit around the planet Coruscant, and beyond the observation bubble appeared a glittering expanse of a billion golden lights. Through a thousand centuries of strife, those li

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He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.

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Door swing indicates direction the door opens.

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