swing
To move back and forth while hanging from something or attached at one point.
To move or cause to move backward and forward or from side to side while suspended or pivoting.
A seat that hangs from ropes or chains and moves back and forth.
A seat, often found in a playground, that hangs from ropes or chains and moves back and forth when pushed or pulled.
To move something like your arm or a bat through the air to try to hit something.
To move an object, especially a weapon, tool, or arm, in a curved path with force, often to strike something.
To move or turn quickly in another direction.
To turn or cause something to turn quickly in a new direction.
To change quickly from one feeling, condition, or amount to another.
To shift quickly between different moods, conditions, or levels.
- Base: swing
- Plural: swing, swings
- Base: swing
- 3rd Person Singular: swings
- Present Participle: swinging
- Past: swung
- Past Participle: swung
- Irregular past: swung Verb
- Irregular past participle: swung Verb
get into the swing of things
1become comfortable with activity
To start feeling comfortable and confident doing something new.
- It took me a week to get into the swing of things at my new job.
- Once you get into the swing of things, it will be easier.
swing by
1visit briefly en route
To go to a place for a short time, usually while going somewhere else.
- I’ll swing by your office after lunch.
- She swung by the store on her way home.
in full swing
1At the highest point of activity or progress
Happening with a lot of activity and energy, at its busiest time.
- By midnight, the party was in full swing.
- The summer sales are now in full swing.
- Construction is now in full swing at the site.
mood swing
1sudden change in emotion
A quick change from one feeling to another.
- Teenagers often experience mood swings.
- Teenagers often have mood swings.
- His mood swings make him hard to work with.
- Her mood swings make her difficult to work with.