Definition of swing

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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..

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Swinger :: Swinger (n.) A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos..
Outboard :: Outboard (a. & adv.) Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard..
Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..
Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other..
Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..
Thresher :: Thresher (n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark..
Slam :: Slam (v. i.) To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams..
Swingdevil :: Swing (n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Flail :: Flail (n.) An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely..
Swinger :: Swinger (n.) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..
Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
Swinger :: Swingel (n.) The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
Capling :: Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel..
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..
Swingled :: Swingle (v. i.) To swing for pleasure.
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane..
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