↔️ To move back and forth ↔️ A back-and-forth movement ⚾ To hit with force ⚾ A strong hit 🏃 Active period 🪁 A seat for swinging 🎷 Lively jazz style 🎷 To play with rhythm 🗳️ To influence result 🔄 To change quickly 🎉 To party 🔄 To swap partners 💃 A dance move

to swing

408 1.0

Move back and forth while hanging from one point

verb
/swɪŋ/

: columpiarse

He loves to swing from the tree branches at the park.
swing back
swing open
swing open the door

And then so, and as it swings, it kind of stays parallel.

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Examples

Tom finally throws the covers off and swings his feet around to the floor.

Fiction book (1990)
If I turn the motor, you know, right or left, it'll swing the weight forward or backwards.
You know, you swing in a little bit and then as you swing out, you go up.

Magnus Midtbø
And you can control it with your arms, the way you swing your arms.
All right, swing him around.

Battle Circus (1953)
I go marching up the stairs and I swing open the door.
Have you not seen a tire swinging all by itself before?

AlieNation (2022)
So as you walk up, the door knob will be here and it'll swing out like that.
Swing around now.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
A guard stood in a little cubicle, swinging car gates open by pressing a button.

Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

to sway

vsto swing

77 2.4

To move slowly from side to side in a gentle rhythm

does the same movement but not necessarily slow or rhythmic

Antonyms

stop

310 1.0

An act when something ends or pauses

Idioms

in full swing

23 3.5

At the peak of activity when many people are active and working

to swing for the fences

Informal

5 7.3

Try something risky to get a big reward

back into the swing of things

Informal

5 5.3

To start doing your normal work and activities after a break

swing and a miss

Informal

3 7.0

An attempt that fails to get the result you wanted

in the swing of things

3 6.8

Being comfortable and taking part easily in an activity

to swing both ways

NSFW

1 8.3

To be attracted to both men and women or to like different things

Phrasal Verbs

to swing by

72 3.7

Visit a place for a short time while on the way somewhere

to swing around

10 3.2

Turn quickly to face the opposite direction

to swing out

6 3.9

To move outward in a wide, sweeping motion

to swing wide

1 3.9

Open a door or gate fully by moving it on its hinges

to swing through

1 3.9

Stop at a place for a short time while going somewhere else

to swing about

1 4.8

To turn quickly to face another direction or change your opinion suddenly

to swing from branch to branch

1 3.8

Move quickly through trees like monkeys by holding and letting go of branches

to swing over

5.8

Make someone change their opinion or decision

to swing round the circle

9.9

To go around the group to hear each person's opinion

Compounds

mood swing

40 3.9

A sudden change from one emotion to another without warning

swing voter

20 4.2

A person who sometimes votes for different political parties and can decide the result of an election

swing set

11 1.0

A frame with seats hanging by chains or ropes for children to swing back and forth

swing door

3 3.1

A door on hinges that opens in both directions

swing shift

3 4.3

An evening work shift from late afternoon until around midnight

swing music

1 3.9

A lively style of jazz with a strong beat that big bands play

baseball swing

1 2.9

The movement a player makes with a bat to hit a thrown ball

swing set

3.7

A group of swing jazz songs played together to make people dance

How Far

to swing

408 1.0

to sway

77 2.4

to rock

230 1.0

to wobble

40 3.8

to quiver

47 4.5

Surface Forms

swing infinitive

swinging present participle

swings third person singular

swung past

swung past participle

Etymology

Swing comes from an old Germanic word swingan that meant 'to move quickly' or 'to beat'. Think of a branch that moves fast in the wind, and that is why the verb means to move back and forth or side to side.