Definition of swing

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Swing (n.) The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum..

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Traversing :: Traversing (a.) Adjustable laterally; having a lateral motion, or a swinging motion; adapted for giving lateral motion..
Guest Rope :: Guest rope () The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.
Trapeze :: Trapeze (n.) A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts..
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..
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing..
Swing :: Swing (n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing..
Capling :: Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel..
Hinge :: Hinge (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on..
Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..
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..
Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To move as a lash; to lash.
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane..
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..
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..
Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..
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..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Swinger :: Swinger (n.) One who swings or whirls.
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