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Results for: "swing"

Translating from English to German

Translations:

swing — hanging seat
→ Schaukel f
→ Swing
→ Wippe f
swing — to rotate about an off-centre fixed point
→ schwingen
→ schaukeln
→ schwanken

More translations:

swing
→ schwingen
swing
→ Locke
swing
→ Schwung
swing
→ Wippe
swing
→ Wendung
swing
→ wippen
swing
→ schaukeln
swing
→ Anschlag
swing
→ Hub
swing
→ kippeln
swing
→ mechanische Schwingung
swing
→ oszillieren
swing
→ pendeln
swing
→ Schaukel
swing
→ schwanken
swing
→ schwenken
swing
→ sich drehen
swing
→ sich frei bewegen
swing
→ Swing
swing
→ umschwenken
swing
→ Wende
swing
→ wiegen

Reverse Translations (German to English):

Swing
→ swing music
Swing
→ jive
Swing
→ swing

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 9

  1. a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

    • “the party went with a swing”
    • “it took time to get into the swing of things”

  2. mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

  3. a sweeping blow or stroke

    • “he took a wild swing at my head”
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  1. changing location by moving back and forth

    Synonymsswingingvacillation

  2. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

    Synonymsswing musicjive

  3. a jaunty rhythm in music

    Synonymslilt

  4. the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

    Synonymsgolf strokegolf shot

  5. in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

    • “he took a vicious cut at the ball”
    Synonymsbaseball swingcut

  6. a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

VERB 13

  1. move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting

    • “He swung his left fist”
    • “swing a bat”

  2. move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

    • “He swung back”
    Synonymssway

  3. change direction with a swinging motion; turn

    • “swing back”
    • “swing forward”
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  1. influence decisively

    • “This action swung many votes over to his side”
    Synonymsswing over

  2. make a big sweeping gesture or movement

    Synonymssweepswing out

  3. hang freely

    • “the ornaments dangled from the tree”
    • “The light dropped from the ceiling”
    Synonymsdangledrop

  4. hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement

    • “The soccer player began to swing at the referee”

  5. alternate dramatically between high and low values

    • “his mood swings”
    • “the market is swinging up and down”

  6. live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style

    • “The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely”

  7. have a certain musical rhythm

    • “The music has to swing”

  8. be a social swinger; socialize a lot

    Synonymsget around

  9. play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

  10. engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends

    • “There were many swinging couples in the 1960's”