swing

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈswɪŋ/

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Noun

Singular swing

Plural swings

A swing.

1. (countable) A swing is a hanging seat found in a playground that children can sit on and swing on.

   The child was swinging on the swing at the playground.

2. (uncountable) Swing is a style of dance.
3. (uncountable) Swing is the genre of dance linked to the style of dance.

Verb

Plain form swing

Third-person singular swings

Past tense swang

Past participle swung

Present participle swinging

Plain form swing

Third-person singular swings

Past tense swung

Past participle swung

Present participle swinging

1. (intransitive) If someone or something swings, they move forward and backward.

   The plant swung in the breeze.

2. (intransitive) If someone swings, he dances.
3. (intransitive) If someone swings, they ride on a swingset.
4. (intransitive) If someone swings, they hang from the gallows.
5. (intransitive) If something swings, it changes quickly; it fluctuates.
6. (transitive) If you swing, you move (an object) back and forward; you wave.