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Textual thesaurus for "swing"

(noun) swinging, vacillation

changing location by moving back and forth


(noun) baseball swing, cut

in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

he took a vicious cut at the ball


(noun) golf shot, golf stroke

the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it


(noun) lilt

a jaunty rhythm in music


(noun) swing music, jive

a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz


(verb) sweep, swing out

make a big sweeping gesture or movement


(verb) sway

move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

He swung back


(verb) get around

be a social swinger; socialize a lot


(verb) swing over

influence decisively

This action swung many votes over to his side


(verb) dangle, drop

hang freely

the ornaments dangled from the tree; The light dropped from the ceiling