Definition of swing

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Swing (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open..

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Outboard :: Outboard (a. & adv.) Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard..
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. i.) To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate..
Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
Evener :: Evener (n.) In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast..
Slam :: Slam (v. i.) To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging..
Oscillating :: Oscillating (a.) That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
Swing :: Swing (n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it..
Swingle :: Swingle (v. i.) To dangle; to wave hanging.
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open..
Swinish :: Swingtree (n.) The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.
Reed :: Reed (n.) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten..
Swinged :: Swinge (v. & n.) See Singe.
Swinger :: Swinger (n.) One who swinges.
Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..
Swing :: Swing (n.) To be hanged.
Swivel-eyed :: Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot..
Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3..
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Swingling :: Swingletree (v. i.) A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree..
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