Definitions for swing

(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")

(mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth)

(a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head")

(changing location by moving back and forth)

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

(a jaunty rhythm in music)

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

(in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he took a vicious cut at the ball")

(a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them)

(move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat")

(move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back")

(change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward")

(influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side")

(make a big sweeping gesture or movement)

(hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling")

(hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee")

(alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down")

(live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely")

(have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing")

(be a social swinger; socialize a lot)

(play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm)

(engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's")