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swing·ing

(swĭng′ĭng) Slang

adj.

1. Spirited; up-to-date.

2. Attracting a lively, trendy crowd: a swinging nightclub.

a. Sexually promiscuous.

b. Practicing exchange of partners, especially spouses, for sex.

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swinging

(ˈswɪŋɪŋ)

adj

1. moving rhythmically to and fro

2. slang modern and lively

slang the practice of swapping sexual partners in a group, esp habitually

ˈswingingly adv

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Noun	1.	swinging - changing location by moving back and forth vacillation, swing movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
Adj.	1.	swinging - characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure" lilting, swingy, tripping rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"

swinging

adjective (Old-fashioned informal) trendy, happening (informal), with it (informal), hip (slang), fashionable (Brit. informal), up-to-date, groovy (dated slang), up to the minute, in the swim (informal), full of go or pep (informal) The stuffy '50s gave way to the swinging '60s.

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Translations

على الطّراز الحَديث السَّريع والمُثير

elegantnírušný

swinging

schwungvoll

con mucha marcha

chaloupé échangisme oscillation

sem er í tísku og spennandi

dondolamento oscillante

canlıhayat dolu

使人激动的时髦的

swinging

[ˈswɪŋɪŋ]

A. ADJ

1. (lit) the rhythmic swinging motion of his axe against the wood → el rítmico vaivén or balanceo de su hacha al golpear la madera
she walked along with a swinging gait → andaba con garbo

2. (o.f.) (= lively) [city, party] → con mucha marcha
swinging London → el Londres marchoso or de la marcha
the Swinging Sixties → los marchosos años sesenta

3. [music, rhythm] → con swing

B. N → vaivén m, oscilación f

C. CPD swinging door N (US) → puerta f de vaivén, puerta f de batiente

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swinging

[ˈswɪŋɪŋ] adj

[music, rhythm] → swinguant(e)

(= trendy) [place, nightlife] → branché(e) swinging door n (US) → porte f battanteSwinging Sixties npl
the Swinging Sixties → les swinging sixties fplswing vote n (mainly US) → vote m décisifswing voter (US) n → indécis(e) m/f

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swinging

adj step → schwungvoll; movement → schaukelnd; music → schwungvoll, swingend; (fig inf) person → locker (inf); swinging door (US) → Pendeltür f; swinging London → Swinging London nt; London was a swinging place then → in London war damals wirklich was los (inf); the swinging sixties → die flotten sechziger Jahre, die „swinging sixties“ (sl)

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swinging

[ˈswɪŋɪŋ] adj (step) → cadenzato/a, ritmico/a; (rhythm, music) → trascinante
swinging door (Am) → porta a vento

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swing

(swiŋ) – past tense, past participle swung (swaŋ) – verb

1. to (cause to) move or sway in a curve (from side to side or forwards and backwards) from a fixed point. You swing your arms when you walk; The children were swinging on a rope hanging from a tree; The door swung open; He swung the load on to his shoulder.

2. to walk with a stride. He swung along the road.

3. to turn suddenly. He swung round and stared at them; He is hoping to swing the voters in his favour.

noun

1. an act, period, or manner, of swinging. He was having a swing on the rope; Most golfers would like to improve their swing.

2. a swinging movement. the swing of the dancers' skirts.

3. a strong dancing rhythm. The music should be played with a swing.

4. a change in public opinion etc. a swing away from the government.

5. a seat for swinging, hung on ropes or chains from a supporting frame etc.

ˈswinging adjective

fashionable and exciting. the swinging city of London.

swing bridge

a type of bridge that swings open to let ships pass.

swing door

a door that swings open in both directions.

be in full swing

to be going ahead, or continuing, busily or vigorously. The work was in full swing.

get into the swing (of things)

to begin to fit into a routine etc.

go with a swing

(of an organized event etc) to proceed or go easily and successfully.

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Gradually, as he rode towards the meadow, the peasants came into sight, some in coats, some in their shirts mowing, one behind another in a long string, swinging their scythes differently.

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The result was to impart a swinging motion to Tarzan's body which the ape-boy suddenly realized was a new and pleasurable form of play.

Presently he was swinging far and wide, while below him, the apes of the tribe of Kerchak looked on in mild amaze.

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I can see him now, in my wake-a-day life, as I write this, swinging along through the trees, a four-handed, hairy creature, howling with rage, pausing now and again to beat his chest with his clenched fist, leaping ten-and-fifteen-foot gaps, catching a branch with one hand and swinging on across another gap to catch with his other hand and go on, never hesitating, never at a loss as to how to proceed on his arboreal way.

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Almost in the same instant, with a thunder-boom, the enormous mass dropped into the sea, like Niagara's Table-Rock into the whirlpool; the suddenly relieved hull rolled away from it, to far down her glittering copper; and all caught their breath, as half swinging --now over the sailors' heads, and now over the water --Daggoo, through a thick mist of spray, was dimly beheld clinging to the pendulous tackles, while poor, buried-alive Tashtego was sinking utterly down to the bottom of the sea!

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For a time in sheer exuberance of animal spirit he raced swiftly through the middle terrace, swinging perilously across wide spans from one jungle giant to the next, and then he clambered upward to the swaying, lesser boughs of the upper terrace where the moon shone full upon him and the air was stirred by little breezes and death lurked ready in each frail branch.

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In the glare of the moon a party of barefooted children were swinging on those chains and having a noisy good time.

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The cudgel was swinging in the arc which ended upon my upturned face when a bolt of myriad-legged horror hurled itself through the doorway full upon the breast of my executioner.

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Tied or trussed like fowls or pigs, they were tumbled on the hard- packed earthen floor, beneath which, shallowly buried, lay the remains of ancient chiefs, while, overhead, in wrappings of grass mats, swung all that was left of several of Bashti's immediate predecessors, his father latest among them and so swinging for two full generations.

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The teams went swinging up from the rear, the guns were whirled about, and the battery scampered away.

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A ship anchored in an open roadstead, with cargo-lighters alongside and her own tackle swinging the burden over the rail, is accomplishing in freedom a function of her life.

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Like some huge phantom, Kala swung noiselessly from tree to tree; now running nimbly along a great branch, now swinging through space at the end of another, only to grasp that of a farther tree in her rapid progress toward the scene of the tragedy her knowledge of jungle life told her was being enacted a short distance before her.