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1. Characterized by a buoyant rhythm
   "a swinging pace";
   - lilting, swingy, tripping
    
2. Lively, fashionable
    
3. Sexually free and promiscuous

1. Changing location by moving back and forth
   - swing, vacillation

1. Move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
   "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
    
2. Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
   "He swung back";
   - sway
    
3. Change direction with a swinging motion; turn
   "swing back"; "swing forward"
    
4. Influence decisively
   "This action swung many votes over to his side";
   - swing over
    
5. Make a big sweeping gesture or movement
   - sweep, swing out
    
6. Hang loosely
   "the ornaments swung from the tree";
   - dangle, drop
    
7. Hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
   "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
    
8. Alternate dramatically between high and low values
   "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
    
9. Live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
   "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
    
10. Have a certain musical rhythm
    "The music has to swing"
     
11. Be a social swinger; socialize a lot
    - get around
     
12. (music) play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
     
13. [vulgar] Engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
    "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"

Derived forms: swingings

See also: lively, rhythmic, rhythmical

Type of: act upon, aim, be, change, direct, displace, go, handle, hang, influence, live, locomote, manage, motion, move, move back and forth, movement, play, socialise [Brit], socialize, take, take aim, train, travel, wield, work

Encyclopedia: Swinging