↔️ 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

5 7.8

A dance move where two people join hands and turn around each other

noun
/swɪŋ/

: giro en pareja

The leaders of the swing dance club all have similar reasons for being a part of it.
a partnered swing

Examples

Every week, we learn new moves with vivid names that evoke the creative nature of swing dance.

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As the music played, the couple executed a perfect swing in the center of the dance floor.
During the lesson, the instructor taught the new dancers how to do a swing correctly with their partners.
At the festival, everyone joined in to learn the swing that was popular among the local dancers.

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

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 Lively

to jitterbug

Archaic

2 8.7

to shag

Archaic

16 8.9

swing

5 7.8

to dance

∞ 1.0

to sway

77 2.4

Surface Forms

swing singular

swings plural

Etymology

Swing in square dance, meaning a turn where partners revolve around a point, comes from the basic idea of turning or moving around like a hanging seat. The movement is like a small, shared swing, which explains the name.