swings - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online

Verb swing has 13 senses

swing - move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
--₁ is one way to move, displace

Derived forms: noun swing₇, noun swing₃, noun swinger₁
Sample sentence:
The girls swing the wooden sticks
swing, sway - move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
--₂ is one way to move back and forth

Derived forms: noun swing₄, noun swinger₁
Sample sentence:
The wooden sticks swing
swing - change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"
--₃ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived form: noun swing₄
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
swing, swing over - influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"
--₄ is one way to influence, act upon, work
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
swing, sweep, swing out - make a big sweeping gesture or movement
--₅ is one way to wield, handle

Derived form: noun swing₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
dangle, swing, drop - hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
--₆ is one way to hang

Derived forms: noun swing₂, noun swinging₁
Sample sentence:
The lights swing from the ceiling
swing - hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
--₇ is one way to aim, take, train, take aim, direct

Derived form: noun swing₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
swing - alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
--₈ is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
swing - live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
--₉ is one way to live
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
swing - have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"
--₁₀ is one way to be

Derived forms: noun swing₅, noun swing₆
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
swing, get around - be a social swinger; socialize a lot
--₁₁ is one way to socialize, socialise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
swing - play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
--₁₂ is one way to play

Derived form: noun swing₆
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
swing - engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"
--₁₃ is one way to fornicate

Derived form: noun swinger₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s