Definition of swing

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Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide..

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Swing :: Swing (v. i.) To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3..
Swingtree :: Swingling () a. & n. from Swingle, v. t..
Swythe :: Swung () imp. & p. p. of Swing.
Hinge :: Hinge (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on..
Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane..
Dangle :: Dangle (v. t.) To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet..
Sway :: Sway (n.) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Sidewinder :: Sidewinder (n.) A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary..
Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..
Gatepost :: Gatepost (n.) A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
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..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc..
Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..
Girt :: Girt (a.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.
Swinger :: Swingel (n.) The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
Sheer :: Sheer (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
Dangle :: Dangle (v. i.) To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion..
Swing :: Swing (n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it..
Pendulate :: Pendulate (v. i.) To swing as a pendulum.
Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other..
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