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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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..
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..
Swingling :: Swingled (imp. & p. p.) of Swingl.
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..
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3..
Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To move as a lash; to lash.
Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages..
Swingled :: Swingle (v. i.) To swing for pleasure.
Swingle :: Swinger (n.) A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack..
Dangle :: Dangle (v. t.) To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet..
Oscillatory :: Oscillatory (a.) Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion..
Swingtree :: Swingling () a. & n. from Swingle, v. t..
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..
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..
Oscillating :: Oscillating (a.) That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.
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..
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