English to English
noun
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
source: WordNet 3.0
- a sweeping blow or stroke
He took a wild swing at my head.
source: WordNet 3.0
- changing location by moving back and forth
source: WordNet 3.0
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
source: WordNet 3.0
- a jaunty rhythm in music
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
source: WordNet 3.0
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
He took a vicious cut at the ball.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
He swung his left fist.
Swing a bat.
source: WordNet 3.0
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
He swung back.
source: WordNet 3.0
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
Swing back.
Swing forward.
source: WordNet 3.0
- influence decisively
This action swung many votes over to his side.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
source: WordNet 3.0
- hang freely
The ornaments dangled from the tree.
The light dropped from the ceiling.
source: WordNet 3.0
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
The soccer player began to swing at the referee.
source: WordNet 3.0
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
His mood swings.
The market is swinging up and down.
source: WordNet 3.0
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely.
source: WordNet 3.0
- have a certain musical rhythm
The music has to swing.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
source: WordNet 3.0
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
source: WordNet 3.0
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
There were many swinging couples in the 1960's.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
source: Webster 1913
- To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [swíng] Indayon; ugoy; ugog; ugâ; pagtitimbangan ng mga batà; pagduduyan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [swíng] Umindayon; umugoy; umugog; ugain; magduyan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
