(v): cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
(v): move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
(v): move in one direction and then into the opposite direction
(v): change direction with a swinging motion; turn
(v): change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
(v): influence decisively
(v): have and exert influence or effect
(v): make a big sweeping gesture or movement
(v): handle effectively
(v): hang freely
(v): be suspended or hanging
(v): hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
(v): point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
(v): alternate dramatically between high and low values
(v): undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
(v): live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
(v): lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
(v): have a certain musical rhythm
(v): have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
(v): be a social swinger; socialize a lot
(v): take part in social activities; interact with others
(v): play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
(v): play on an instrument
(v): engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
(v): have sex without being married
(n): a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
(n): the state of being active
(n): mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
(n): mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
(n): an artifact designed to be played with
(n): a sweeping blow or stroke
(n): a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
(n): changing location by moving back and forth
(n): the act of changing location from one place to another
(n): a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
(n): a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
(n): a jaunty rhythm in music
(n): the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music
(n): the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
(n): (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
(n): in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
(n): (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
(n): a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
(n): a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
