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SWINGING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Changing location by moving back and forth
Synonyms:
swing; swinging; vacillation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("swinging" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Derivation:
swing (hang freely)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by a buoyant rhythm
Example:
a tripping singing measure
Synonyms:
lilting; swinging; swingy; tripping
Classified under:
Similar:
rhythmic; rhythmical (recurring with measured regularity)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb swing
Sense 2
-ing form of the verb swinge
Context examples:
A cold drizzle was falling, but he bared his head to it and unbuttoned his vest, swinging along in splendid unconcern.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"Brown!" His voice rang out sharply, and at the sound the dog's ears flattened down as to a caress. "Gee!" The dog made a swinging turn to the right.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Laurie lay luxuriously swinging to and fro in his hammock one warm September afternoon, wondering what his neighbors were about, but too lazy to go and find out.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
But when, one morning, the air was rent with the report of a rifle close at hand, and a bullet smashed against a tree trunk several inches from One Eye's head, they hesitated no more, but went off on a long, swinging lope that put quick miles between them and the danger.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
They were only concerned that the house could accommodate no more; and yet perhaps, by putting the children away in the maid's room, or swinging a cot somewhere, they could hardly bear to think of not finding room for two or three besides, supposing they might wish to stay; though, with regard to any attendance on Miss Musgrove, there need not be the least uneasiness in leaving her to Mrs Harville's care entirely.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
As Sherlock Holmes replaced the half-crown which he had drawn from his pocket, a fierce-looking elderly man strode out from the gate with a hunting-crop swinging in his hand.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then he raised his revolver and covered the young ruffian, who was advancing upon him with his dangerous riding-crop swinging in his hand.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And again, “If it comes to swinging, swing all, say I.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
One-half of the lattice window was swinging on its hinge, and a cloth cap lying upon the table was the only sign of the occupant.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At times he would come back in triumph, and a dozen corpses swinging from the summit of his keep would warn evil-doers that there was still a law in the land.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
