swing
To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
Verb 4 meanings
To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
“The plant swung in the breeze.”
To dance.
To ride on a swing.
“The children laughed as they swung.”
To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
Noun 4 meanings
The act, or an instance, of swinging.
The manner in which something is swung.
“He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.”
The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
Etymology
From Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (compare Low German swingen, German schwingen, Dutch zwingen, Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *swenk-, *sweng- (compare Scottish Gaelic seang (“thin”)). Related to swink.
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SWING at a glance
SWING has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + W 4 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,973 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with swing
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- STING6
- OWING9
- SUING6
- SWUNG9
- SWINE8
- SLING6
- SWANG9
- SWINK12
- AWING9
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