Definition of swing

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Swing (n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise..

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Swinge :: Swingeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swing.
Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) In sword and saber exercises, a circular swing of the weapon..
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..
Swivel-eyed :: Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. i.) To dangle; to wave hanging.
Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Swinge :: Swingdevil (n.) The European swift.
Guest Rope :: Guest rope () The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.
Girt :: Girt (a.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.
Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing..
Tail :: Tail (v. i.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream..
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..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..
Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..
Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
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