A Quick and Simple Dictionary

swing

1. Noun.  The manner in which something is swung.
2. Noun.  A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
3. Noun.  A dance style.
4. Noun.  (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
5. Noun.  The amount of change towards or away from something.
6. Noun.  (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
7. Noun.  The diameter that a lathe can cut.
8. Noun.  In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
9. Noun.  A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
10. Verb.  (intransitive) To move backward and forward, especially rotating about or hanging from a fixed point.
11. Verb.  (intransitive) To dance.
12. Verb.  (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
13. Verb.  (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
14. Verb.  (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
15. Verb.  (intransitive, cricket) to move sideways in its trajectory.
16. Verb.  (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
17. Verb.  (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
18. Verb.  (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
19. Verb.  (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
20. Verb.  (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
21. Verb.  (transitive, cricket) (qualifier, of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
22. Verb.  (transitive, and) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
23. Verb.  (transitive) In dancing, when you turn around in a small circle with your partner, holding hands or arms. You can say "swing your partner", or just "swing".