Definizione monolingua

swing

swing (third-person singular simple present swings, present participle swinging, simple past swang or swung, past participle swung or (archaic) swungen)

1. (intransitive) To move backward and forward, especially rotating about or hanging from a fixed point.

   The plant swung in the breeze.

   • 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 12

     With one accord the tribe swung rapidly toward the frightened cries, and there found Terkoz holding an old female by the hair and beating her unmercifully with his great hands.

2. (intransitive) To dance.
3. (intransitive) To ride on a swing.

   The children laughed as they swung.

4. (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
5. (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
6. (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
7. (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.

   It wasnt long before the crowds mood swung towards restless irritability.

8. (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.

   He swung his sword as hard as he could.

9. (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
10. (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.

    If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.

11. (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.
12. (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
13. (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move ones arm in a punching motion.
14. (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"".

swing (plural swings)

1. The manner in which something is swung.

   He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.

   Door swing indicates direction the door opens.

2. A hanging seat in a childrens playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
3. A dance style.
4. (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
5. The amount of change towards or away from something.
   1. (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.

      The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.

Definizione dizionario swing

	altalena
	hanging seat
	Sedile sospeso a funi o catene, sul quale ci si siede facendosi dondolare per gioco.
	Suspended seat to ropes or chains, on which one can swing for game.

dondolare

agitare

amaca

barcollare

basculaggio

bilanciare

brandire

ciondolare

dimenare

dondolamento

dondolarsi

dondolo

girare

orologio

oscillare

oscillazione

rimescolare

ritmo

ruotare

scambiare

sedia a dondolo

swing

tentennare

tremolare

vacillare

vibrare

Altri significati:

(transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.

In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.

(intransitive) To move backward and forward, especially rotating about or hanging from a fixed point.

rock (cradle)

(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.

The diameter that a lathe can cut.

(transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.

(intransitive) To hang from the gallows.

The amount of change towards or away from something.

(intransitive) To ride on a swing.

rolling from side to side

A dance style.

electoral change

(transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.

amount of change towards or away from

(intransitive) To fluctuate or change.

(intransitive) To dance.

dance style

The manner in which something is swung.

(transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

manner in which something is swung

(intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.

wave (about)

music style

(intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.

(transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.

(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.

(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.

A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.