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Etymology
(verb) OE. swingan.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'swɪ�/
audio|en-us-swing.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪ�|-ɪ�

Noun
en-noun

1. The manner in which something is swung.

#:He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.
#:Door swing indicates direction the door opens.

1. A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
2. A dance style.
3. music The genre of music associated with this dance style.
4. The amount of change towards or away from something.
5. Particularly, the increase or decrease in the number of votes in an election for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.

#:The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.

1. cricket sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
2. The diameter that a lathe can cut.
3. In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles. See w:understudy|understudy.

Translations
trans-top|manner in which something is swung
Icelandic: sveifla f
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trans-top|hanging seat
Esperanto: balanco
Finnish: keinu
French: balançoire f
German: Schaukel
Greek: κο�νια (kunia) f
Hungarian: hinta
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Icelandic: róla f
Korean: 그� (geune)
Kurdish: KUchar|ج��ا���
Latin: cunae (for cradle)
Portuguese: balanço
Spanish: columpio m, hamaca f italbrac|Argentina|Uruguay
Swedish: gunga
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trans-top|dance style
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trans-top|music style
Esperanto: svingomuziko
French: #French|swing m
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Greek, Modern: �ο�ίνγκ n
Icelandic: sveifla f
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trans-top|amount of change towards or away from
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trans-top|electoral change
Greek: με�α���ο�ή f
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trans-top|jive talk (this sense is currently subject to verification)
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trans-top|sideways movement of a cricket ball as it flies through the air
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trans-top|diameter that a lathe can cut
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trans-top|substitute musical theater performer
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ttbc|French: Swing m
ttbc|Dutch: schommel m
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|تاب (tâb)
ttbc|Swedish: swing
ttbc|Telugu: �యల (ooyala), �య�యాల (uyyaala)

Verb
en-verb|swings|swinging|swung

1. defn|English

Intransitive

1. To move backward and forward, especially rotating about or hanging from a fixed point.

#:The plant swung in the breeze.

1. To dance.
2. To ride on a swing.

#:The children laughed as they swung.

1. To participate in the w:swinging|swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
2. To hang from the gallows.
3. cricket (of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
4. To fluctuate or change.

#:It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.

Translations
trans-top|to do a reciprocating movement
Esperanto: balanci
Finnish: t|fi|heilua, t|fi|keinua
Greek: κο�νιέμαι (kuniemai)
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Icelandic: sveiflast
Swedish: gunga, svinga
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trans-top|to dance
Esperanto: svingomuzikumi
Finnish: t|fi|svengata (slang)
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French: swinguer
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trans-top|to ride on a swing
Finnish: t|fi|keinua
German: schaukeln
Icelandic: róla (sig|sér)
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Korean: 그��� (geune-ttwida)
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trans-top|to hang on gallows
Finnish: t|fi|roikkua, t|fi|heilua
German: baumeln
Icelandic: hanga
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Arabic: ARchar|تأرجح unicode|(ta�árjaħa)
Chinese: ��, �� (yáob�i)
Catalan: nedar
Dutch: schommelen, zwaaien
French: balancer
German: schwingen
Hungarian: lengeni
Indonesian: ayun|mengayunkan
Italian: dondolare
Japanese: ��� (���, yureru)
Korean: ��리� (heundeullida)
Portuguese: balançar
Russian: ка�а�� (ka�át�)
Spanish: oscilar
Telugu: ��� (oogu)
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Transitive

1. To move an object backward and forward; to wave.

#:He swung his sword as hard as he could.

1. To change a numerical result; especially to change the outcome of an election.
2. To make something work; especially to afford something financially.

#:If it�s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.

1. music To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
2. cricket (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

Translations
trans-top|object movement
German: schwingen
Greek: κο�νά�, κο�ν�
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Icelandic: sveifla
Korean: ��� (heundeulda)
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