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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Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion..
Swinger :: Swinger (n.) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing..
Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. i.) To dangle; to wave hanging.
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open..
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Sidewinder :: Sidewinder (n.) A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary..
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..
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing..
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..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. t.) To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
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..
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..
Trapeze :: Trapeze (n.) A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts..
Swinger :: Swinger (n.) One who swinges.
Dangle :: Dangle (v. i.) To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion..
Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..
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