Definition of swing

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Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide..

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Trapeze :: Trapeze (n.) A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts..
Swing :: Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
Beeswing :: Beeswing (n.) The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee..
Scup :: Scup (n.) A swing.
Evener :: Evener (n.) In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast..
Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business..
Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
Swipper :: Swiple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.
Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages..
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. i.) To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate..
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Crust :: Crust (n.) An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. i.) To dangle; to wave hanging.
Swingled :: Swingle (v. i.) To swing for pleasure.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
Swingle :: Swingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swingl.
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open..
Valve :: Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid..
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate..
Swinge :: Swingeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swing.
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