Definition of swing

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Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.

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Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter..
Swinge :: Swinge (v. t.) To move as a lash; to lash.
Swingle :: Swingle (v. i.) To dangle; to wave hanging.
Round-arm :: Round-arm (a.) Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally..
Oscillatory :: Oscillatory (a.) Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc..
Swing :: Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide..
Cradle :: Cradle (n.) A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty..
Swingeing :: Swinged (imp. & p. p.) of Swing.
Valve :: Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion..
Waver :: Waver (v. i.) To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter..
Swingel :: Swingeing (a.) Huge; very large.
Swingling :: Swingled (imp. & p. p.) of Swingl.
Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..
Swinger :: Swingel (n.) The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
Swingtree :: Swingling () a. & n. from Swingle, v. t..
Swingeing :: Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
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..
Swipper :: Swiple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.
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