swing

Etymology
From, from , from , from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from ,  (compare 🇨🇬). Related to.

Verb

 * 1)  To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
 * 2)  To dance.
 * 3)  To ride on a swing.
 * 4)  To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
 * 5)  To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
 * 6)  To move sideways in its trajectory.
 * 7)   To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
 * 8)  To fluctuate or change.
 * 9)  To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
 * 10)  To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
 * 11)  To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
 * 12)  To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
 * 13)  To move one's arm in a punching motion.
 * 14)  In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
 * 15)  To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
 * 16)  To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
 * 17)  To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
 * 18) To turn in a different direction.
 * 1)  To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
 * 2)  To move one's arm in a punching motion.
 * 3)  In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
 * 4)  To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
 * 5)  To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
 * 6)  To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
 * 7) To turn in a different direction.
 * 1)  To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
 * 2)  To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
 * 3) To turn in a different direction.
 * 1) To turn in a different direction.

Troponyms

 * pivot, swivel

Coordinate terms

 * fry

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: تَأَرْجَحَ
 * Hijazi Arabic: اتمرجح
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: leagãn
 * Azerbaijani: yırğalanmaq
 * Basque:
 * Bulgarian: клатя се, люлея се, клатушкам се
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 擺蕩,
 * Czech: houpat se, kývat se, kymácet, zhoupnout se
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: balanci
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, , , , brandir
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: sveiflast
 * Ingrian: häilyä, häylyä, horjua
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer:
 * Latin: oscillo
 * Macedonian: ни́ша, лу́ла
 * Maori: kōpiupiu
 * Mongolian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:, đung đưa


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: svingomuzikumi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Zazaki: hêl kerden


 * Armenian:, ճոճորվել
 * Bulgarian: люлея се
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: houpat se, zhoupnout se, pohoupat se
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: róla (sér)
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 그네뛰다 (geune-ttwida)
 * Lithuanian: suptis
 * Luxembourgish: schaukelen
 * Macedonian: се лу́ла, се ни́ша
 * Maori: tārere
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, gynge,
 * Nynorsk: huske, gynge, disse
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: andar de baloiço
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: гойда́тися


 * Dutch: aan partnerruil doen, swingen


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: zhoupnout se ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Macedonian: ви́си


 * Finnish:


 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Romanian:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Macedonian: ни́ша
 * Polish: bachnąć
 * Sicilian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:, väärentää tulos
 * French: ,


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Slovak: rozkývať, rozhýbať


 * Finnish: svengata
 * German:


 * Finnish: lyödä kierre


 * Czech: ohnat se, rozmáchnout se
 * Finnish: heilauttaa


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch: ,
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Korean: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu:

Noun

 * 1) The manner in which something is swung.
 * 2) The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
 * 3) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
 * 4)  A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
 * 5) An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
 * 6)  The genre of music associated with this dance style.
 * 7) The amount of change towards or away from something.
 * 8)  In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
 * The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.
 * 1)  Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
 * 2) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
 * 3) In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
 * 4) A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
 * 5) The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
 * 6)  Free course; unrestrained liberty.
 * 7) Influence or power of anything put in motion.
 * 8)  A type of hook with the arm more extended.
 * 1) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
 * 2) In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
 * 3) A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
 * 4) The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
 * 5)  Free course; unrestrained liberty.
 * 6) Influence or power of anything put in motion.
 * 7)  A type of hook with the arm more extended.
 * 1) Influence or power of anything put in motion.
 * 2)  A type of hook with the arm more extended.
 * 1)  A type of hook with the arm more extended.

Quotations

 * 1937, Ivie Anderson, song “All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm” (Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurman), in film A Day at the Races, Sam Wood (director), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 * All God’s chillun got rhythm. All God's chillun got swing.
 * Maybe haven't got money, maybe haven't got shoes.
 * All God’s chillun got rhythm for to push away their blues.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:, zhoupnutí, švuňk , máchnutí
 * Finnish: ; swingi
 * French:
 * Icelandic: sveifla
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,


 * Afrikaans: skoppelmaai,
 * Albanian:, , ,
 * Arabic: أُرْجُوحَة, مُرْجِيحَة
 * Hijazi Arabic: مُرْجيحة
 * Moroccan Arabic: زعلولة, طياشة, مطيشة, زيطة, حطيشة
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: zabu, kulunka
 * Belarusian: качэлі, арэлі, гушкалка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 韆鞦
 * Hakka: 晃槓仔
 * Hokkien: 韆鞦
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pendolilo
 * Estonian: kiik, kiiged
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: bambán,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: αἰώρα
 * Gujarati: સ્વિંગ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: róla
 * Ingrian: leekku
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ブランコ,
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: әткеншек
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: جۆلانە
 * Latgalian: leigačys, šyupelis, airis, airis
 * Latin: oscillum, cunae (for cradle)
 * Latvian: šūpoles
 * Lithuanian:
 * Livonian: äl
 * Macedonian: лу́лашка, ни́шалка
 * Malay: buaian
 * Malayalam:
 * Manchu: ᠴᡝᡴᡝ
 * Mansaka: doyan
 * Maori: kautārere, tārere
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, gynge,
 * Nynorsk: huske, gynge, disse
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, bujawka , bujaczka
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: ཇིང་ཏ་ལིང་ཏ
 * Turkish:, yellencek
 * Ukrainian: го́йдалка
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: siglen
 * Yiddish: הוידלקע
 * Zazaki:


 * Bulgarian: суинг
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: svingo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Macedonian: свинг
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Zazaki: hêlnayış


 * Bulgarian: суинг
 * Esperanto: svingomuziko, svingo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: σουίνγκ
 * Icelandic: sveifla
 * Kazakh: свинг
 * Macedonian: свинг
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Zazaki: hêla


 * Bulgarian:, амплитуда
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Macedonian: за́мав
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:


 * Finnish:


 * French:


 * Armenian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, sivukoukku, swingi
 * French: coup de poing balancé
 * Kazakh: сүре соғу
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: หมัดเหวี่ยงยาว
 * Ukrainian:


 * French:
 * Persian:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)  dance

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Noun

 * 1)  (music and dance style; golf swing)

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Noun

 * 1)  a dance and music style
 * 2) swinging exchange of partners for sex

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Noun

 * 1)  dance