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swing
Definition:
(nou) a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity (nou) mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth (nou) a sweeping blow or stroke (nou) changing location by moving back and forth (nou) a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz (nou) a jaunty rhythm in music (nou) the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it (nou) in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball (nou) a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
Phonetic Transcription:
swɪŋ
Examples:
The swing vacillates regularly.
I'll let you swing.
You have the swing and the bunt in baseball.
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