A swing is a hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
2. n. (Musique) Swing.
'All God's chillun got rhythm. All God's chillun got swing.
3. n. (Politique) Revirement, transfert.
A swing, in an election, is the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
Un transfert, dans une élection, est l'augmentation ou la diminution du nombre de votes pour les partis d'opposition par rapport aux votes pour le parti sortant.
The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.
Les sondages montraient un vaste revirement en faveur des travaillistes.
1. v. (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
The plant swung in the breeze.
2. v. (intransitive) To dance.
3. v. (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
The children laughed as they swung.
4. v. (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
5. v. (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
6. v. (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
7. v. (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
8. v. To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
He swung his sword as hard as he could.
9. v. To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
10. v. To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.
11. v. (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
12. v. (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
13. v. (transitive, and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
14. v. In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
"to swing one's partner", or simply "to swing".
15. v. (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
16. v. (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
17. v. (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
A ship swings with the tide.
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19. v. (to rotate about an off-centre fixed point) pivot, swivel
20. n. The manner in which something is swung.
He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.
Door swing indicates direction the door opens.
the swing of a pendulum
21. n. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
22. n. A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
23. n. A dance style.
24. n. (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
25. n. The amount of change towards or away from something.
26. n. (politics) 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.
27. n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
28. n. The diameter that a lathe can cut.
29. n. In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
30. n. A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
31. n. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
32. n. (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
33. n. (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
teeter-totter
1. n. (Familier) Balançoire à bascule, tape-cul, tapecul.
teeter-totter
1. n. (North America, often, childish) A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center.
2. v. (North America, intransitive) To ride a seesaw.