Definitions For Swing
noun
- Changing location by moving back and forth
- A square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
- In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- A sweeping blow or stroke
- Mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- A jaunty rhythm in music
- A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- A state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- An act of moving something with a quick, sweeping motion : an act of swinging a bat, fist, etc.
- The movement of something that swings backward and forward or from side to side
- A usually sudden change from one state or condition to another
verb
- Alternate dramatically between high and low values
- Hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- Engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
- Make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- Play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- Change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- Move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- Be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- Influence decisively
- Live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
- Hang freely
- Have a certain musical rhythm
- To move backward and forward or from side to side while hanging from something
- To move with a smooth, curving motion
- To move (your arm, a tool, etc.) with a quick, curving motion especially to try to hit something
Is Swings a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
12
The word Swing is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Swing in a Sentence
- The sheets swung on the clothesline.
- The clock's pendulum stopped swinging.
- She sat on the edge of the table, swinging her legs.
- One swing of the hammer was all it took to drive the nail through the board.
- The swing of a pendulum
- Upward swings in the stock market
Synonyms for Swing
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