🪁 Back-and-forth motion 🎶 Lively and rhythmic

swinging

1 1.2

A steady back and forth movement, like on a swing

noun
/ˈswɪŋɪŋ/

: balanceo

At the playground, the children enjoyed the swinging of the swings as they laughed and played.

Whereas in ballistic stretching, there tends to be a bit more swinging of the limb or use of momentum.

Examples

A gentle breeze set the hanging lanterns swinging back and forth, casting dancing shadows on the wall.
Think about the earth going around the sun, or a pendulum swinging back and forth.
And I get it swinging back and forth just as a simple pendulum.
All I remember is I was in the park, I was swinging on the monkey bars or whatever they're called.
If I set a pendulum swinging, it swings back and forth in a plane.
Whereas in ballistic stretching, there tends to be a bit more swinging of the limb or use of momentum.

Andrew Huberman
The swinging of the pendulum created a soothing rhythm in the quiet room.

Synonyms

swing

vsswinging

109 1.0

A repeated movement back and forth like a clock

is about moving with a steady rhythm often on a suspended object

rocking

vsswinging

1 1.1

A gentle movement back and forth or side to side

is steadier and rhythmic often on a suspended object

Antonyms

stationary

46 2.9

Not moving and staying in one place

Compounds

swinging door

1 3.1

A door on hinges that swings open both ways

swinging chad

Archaic

9.9

A small paper piece on a voting card still attached at two corners that makes a vote unclear

swinging post

7.2

A post set in the ground that a gate turns around when it opens

How Vigorous

oscillation

Specialized

6 7.0

swinging

1 1.2

rocking

1 1.1

to sway

77 2.4

Surface Forms

swinging singular

swingings plural

Morphology

swinging = swing (transparent) = swing + ing

A straightforward gerund/nominalization of the verb 'swing' meaning 'the action of swinging', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Swinging comes from the simple verb swing, which means 'to move back and forth', so as a noun it names the act of that regular back-and-forth movement, like a child enjoying the motion of a playground swing.