ENGLISH: swing - CREOLE: balanse



Overview of noun swing



The noun swing has 9 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (1) swing -- (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. (1) swing -- (mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth)

3. (1) swing -- (a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head")

4. (1) swing, swinging, vacillation -- (changing location by moving back and forth)

5. swing, swing music, jive -- (a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz)

6. lilt, swing -- (a jaunty rhythm in music)

7. golf stroke, golf shot, swing -- (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)

8. baseball swing, swing, cut -- (in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball")

9. swing -- (a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them)



Overview of verb swing



The verb swing has 13 senses (first 9 from tagged texts)



1. (35) swing -- (move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat")

2. (15) swing, sway -- (move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back")

3. (6) swing -- (change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward")

4. (4) swing, swing over -- (influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side")

5. (4) swing, sweep, swing out -- (make a big sweeping gesture or movement)

6. (2) dangle, swing, drop -- (hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling")

7. (2) swing -- (hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee")

8. (2) swing -- (alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down")

9. (1) swing -- (live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely")

10. swing -- (have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing")

11. swing, get around -- (be a social swinger; socialize a lot)

12. swing -- (play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm)

13. swing -- (engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's")

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