Word Finder - swinging

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To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

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The plant swung in the breeze.

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To dance.

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To ride on a swing.

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The children laughed as they swung.

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To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.

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To hang from the gallows.

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(of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.

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To fluctuate or change.

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It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.

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To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.

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He swung his sword as hard as he could.

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To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.

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To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.

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If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.

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To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.

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(of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

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To move one's arm in a punching motion.

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In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.

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"to swing one's partner", or simply "to swing"

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To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.

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The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

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To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

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To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.

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A ship swings with the tide.

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Huge, immense.

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Heavy, powerful, scathing.

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a swingeing verbal attack

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The act or motion of that which swings.

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An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners.

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Fine, good, successful.

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The party was swinging.

The swinging arm or boom is from 4 to 8 in.

His shoulders swayed gracefully, the open denim jacket swinging loosely in the breeze.

Their pace out of the dwelling and toward the hills was brutal, too fast for her to keep up, and Leyon ended up swinging her into his arms like a child to keep the fast pace into the rocky hills.

The foursome rode the gondola the short distance down from the parking area to the central village complex, with Donnie looking down, wide-eyed from the swinging car.

But his cry came an instant too late as Shipton plummeted past him, his ice ax swinging in a rip across Dean's calf as he plummeted backward into space, and down to the rocks and churning river below.

Larger cars are usually dumped by means of rotating or swinging cradles, the car bodies being rigidly attached to the axles or trucks.

Xander snorted, eyes on her ass and the swinging pony tail.

He is generally naked; his right leg rests on a rock or the prow of a ship; he carries a trident in his hand, and is gazing in front of him, apparently out to sea; sometimes he is standing on the water, swinging his trident, or riding in his chariot over the waves, accompanied by his wife Amphitrite, the Nereids and other inhabitants of the sea.

My hair in a long, thick ponytail swinging side to side.

During the swinging motion, your muscles are in constant tension.

Gabriel pushed her aside, into the kitchen, swinging out the sword with ease at odds with his large form.

Dean turned him around as he was swinging, knocking Shipton flying into a snow bank with a right hand that started at ground level.

Jonathan removed the hat and set it on the counter, his injured gaze swinging back to Alex for approval.

In cold weather the Egyptians warm their rooms by placing in them a brazier, "chafing-dish," or "standing-dish," filled with charcoal, whereon incense is burnt; and in hot weather they refresh them by occasionally swinging a hand censer by a chain through them - frankincense, benzoin and aloe wood being.

The varying direction of the inclining couple Pc may be realized by swinging the weight P from a crane on the ship, in a circle of radius c. But if the weight P was lowered on the ship from a crane on shore, the vessel would sink bodily a distance P/wA if P was deposited over F; but deposited anywhere else, say over Q on the water-line area, the ship would turn about a line the antipolar of Q with respect to the confocal ellipse, parallel to FF', at a distance FK from F FK= (k2-hV/A)/FQ sin QFF' (2) through an angle 0 or a slope of one in m, given by P sin B= m wA FK - W'Ak 2V hV FQ sin QFF', (3) where k denotes the radius of gyration about FF' of the water-line area.

On the 9th, by Oyama's orders, Nogi extended northward instead of further swinging in south-eastward, Oku now occupied all the original line of the 3rd Army, Nozu alone was left on the south front, and Kuroki and Kawamura began to engage Linievich seriously.

The church of St Francis de Sales (in Walnut Hills), built in 1888, has a bell, cast in Cincinnati, weighing fifteen tons, and said to be the largest swinging bell in the world.

In 1581, while watching a lamp set swinging in the cathedral of Pisa, he observed that, whatever the range of its oscillations, they were invariably executed in equal times.

In all sorts of bodily exercises, as swinging, wrestling, dancing, riding and hunting, they take great pleasure.

The soldiers, swinging their arms and keeping time spontaneously, marched with long steps.

Josh stared at her swim suit, his expression swinging back and fourth from surprise to embarrassment.

Near the Giant's Causeway are the ruins of the castles of Dunseverick and Dunluce, situated high above the sea on isolated crags, and the swinging bridge of Carrick-a-Rede, spanning a chasm 80 ft.

For example, the pack-in title -- Wii Sports -- lets you play tennis, golf, baseball and more by actually swinging your arms.

The sword swinging takes a bit getting used to.

Swinging late will angle the ball away from you.

Does the child enjoy swinging, bouncing on your lap or similar activities?

In modern times pumping engines have replaced windmills, and the typical old Dutch landscape with its countless hooded heads and swinging arms has been greatly transformed by the advent of the chimney stacks of the pumping-stations.

In order to dispense even with the charging of the presses by hand, in some systems the cages are first charged in a preliminary press, from which they are transferred mechanically by a swinging arrangement into the final press.

Bordeaux gripped her elbow and helped her up on the bay, swinging up behind her.

All four of us are kissing thirty, swinging on that cusp between frantic singles and life commitments.

Her arm tightened about his neck as, vice-like, she pulled her body against him while swinging a bare leg over his.

Dellape's late shoulder set up the wing for what appeared to be a swinging arm from behind by the tight-head prop.

As well as 235 pontoon berths, there are 110 swinging moorings with a water taxi service.

In the upper lights of the south chancel window are angels of the Precious Blood swinging censers.

Aircraft that require hand starting by prop swinging must have chocks placed in front of the wheels.

The oldest swinging amazing grace in of the national upmann's wonderful cigars.

Young people had been swinging on the electrical conduit to the Church.

Rock the baby to sleep in its very own swinging crib, turn the arm and watch the balloon sail around the hill.

Even with decompression, swinging 14½ liters must have been an act of absolute desperation.

Blow Up has become emblematic of mod, Swinging Sixties London.

Apart from engine set-up, Hofmann also tested a revised rear swinging arm and chassis geometry.

Indiana Gary (of Tilley hat fame) also returned with his pockets full of the products of the swinging of his geological hammer.

A separate garden complete with swinging hammocks is used for private parties, for which the inn is an ideal venue.

Aiming for happy and dancey, they had the lampshades swinging in time to their internal organ shifting bass lines and intricately worked techno.

A swinging mooring 40 meters from the waters edge is included in the price.

A woman who was far too plump to be swinging through trees thrust a large enamel mug into Gordon's hands.

A prepared test piece, usually notched, is broken by a swinging pendulum.

The three rings of indexing holes in the headstock pulley were engaged by a pointer mounted on a swinging bracket.

Sometimes, you even raise an enigmatic smile, then carry on, your tumeric yellow sari swinging beneath a three-quarter-length gray raincoat.

Concentrate on swinging all the way to your opposite shoulder blade.