↔️ 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

11 8.7

Have sex with other people, often with other couples

verb
/swɪŋ/

NSFW

: practicar el intercambio de parejas

"My wife and I don't swing, but I might do this with her," Scott said.
couples swing together
singles swing together

It looks a little bit more like swinging where the husband is not in a submissive role but is sharing his wife with other men.

Examples

My partner and I enjoy swinging with other couples during our weekend getaways.
But when swingers agree that they won't develop loving relationships with the people they swing with, swingers aren't polyamorous.

Academic text (2004)
So five years before you were swinging with other couples.
As for swinging, that's up to each couple to decide.

Blog text (2)
She doesn't swing, not for me, anyway.

Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
You swing both ways?

Finding Your Feet (2017)
They decided to explore swinging as a way to add excitement to their relationship.
After discussing it openly, we agreed to start swinging with other like-minded couples.

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

Surface Forms

swing infinitive

swinging present participle

swings third person singular

swung past

swung past participle

Etymology

Swing used for the sexual activity comes from the 1960s idea of 'swinging' social life where some couples exchanged partners at parties, so 'to swing' came to mean taking part in that lifestyle. A helpful way to remember this is to link it to the older sense of lively social 'swinging' rather than the simple motion.