(swung, swung )
hang and move
1 to move backwards or forwards or from side to side while hanging from a fixed point; to make sth do this:
[V] His arms swung as he walked. * A set of keys swung from her belt. * As he pushed her, she swung higher and higher (= while sitting on a swing). * [VN] He sat on the stool, swinging his legs.
2 [+adv./prep.] to move from one place to another by holding sth that is fixed and pulling yourself along, up, etc:
[VN] He swung himself out of the car. * [V] The gunshot sent monkeys swinging away through the trees.
move in curve
3 [+adv./prep.] to move or make sth move with a wide curved movement:
[V] A line of cars swung out of the palace gates. * [VN] He swung his legs over the side of the bed. * [V-ADJ, VN-ADJ] The door swung open. * She swung the door open.
turn quickly
4 [+adv./prep.] to turn or change direction suddenly; to make sth do this:
[V] She swung back to face him. * The bus swung sharply to the left. * [VN] He swung the camera around to face the opposite direction.
try to hit
5 ~ (sth) (at sb/sth) to try to hit sb/sth:
[V] She swung at me with the iron bar. * [VN] He swung another punch in my direction.
change opinion / mood
6 ~ (from A) (to B)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for swing is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is swing a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, swing is tagged as verb.
Does swing appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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