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↔️ 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
swing

swing

109 1.0
A repeated movement back and forth like a clock
  • noun
  • /swɪŋ/
translation icon : oscilación
  • The gentle back and forth motion of the swing helped calm her as she thought about her day.
  • pendulum swing
  • swing phase
  • stance and swing

It's the time it takes for the swing to go up and back.

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Examples

  • We've seen triple-digit swings in the stock market.

    Killing Them Softly (2012)

  • It's the time it takes for the swing to go up and back.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • It's like a swing set essentially, with a table in the middle.

  • When I stopped the swing to kiss her, I saw her eyes were wet.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • These represent the successive swings back and forth.

  • There were twenty or so children on the swings, climbing bars, riding seesaws, laughing and shrieking with delight.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The children laughed and cheered as they took turns on the swing at the park.

  • On sunny afternoons, my favorite activity was to sit on the swing in the backyard and enjoy the breeze.

Synonyms

swinging
vsswing
1 1.2

A steady back and forth movement, like on a swing

is broader, meaning any repeated back and forth or side to side movement

Antonyms

halt
109 2.3

A stop in movement or activity

stillness
38 3.5

A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm

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

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
  • US
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

swing
109 1.0
to sway
77 2.4
to rock
230 1.0
wobble
12 2.8
to quiver
47 4.5

Surface Forms

swing singular
swings plural

Etymology

Swing as a noun for a back-and-forth movement comes from the verb swing meaning to move. Picture a lamp or a pendulum that goes the same way again and again, and you will remember this meaning of regular movement.