swings >> swɪŋ
Definition: [verb] move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.
Example: her long black skirt swung about her legs
Definition: [verb] move by grasping a support from below and leaping.
Example: we swung across like two trapeze artists
Definition: [verb] move or cause to move in a smooth, curving line.
Example: she swung her legs to the side of the bed
Definition: [verb] shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another.
Example: opinion swung in the Chancellor's favour
Definition: [verb] play music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm.
Example: the band swung on
Definition: [verb] (of an event, place, or way of life) be lively, exciting, or fashionable.
Definition: [verb] engage in group sex or swap sexual partners within a group, especially on a habitual basis.
Definition: [noun] a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
Definition: [noun] an act of swinging.
Example: with the swing of her arm, the knife flashed through the air
Definition: [noun] a discernible change in opinion, especially the amount by which votes or points scored change from one side to another.
Example: a five per cent swing to Labour
Definition: [noun] a style of jazz or dance music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm.
Definition: [noun] a swift tour involving a number of stops, especially one undertaken as part of a political campaign.
Definition: [noun] (in musical theatre) an understudy, typically one who covers multiple roles in the chorus of a particular production.