Swing
SWING, verb intransitive preterit tense and participle passive swung.
1. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate.
I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or continue swinging longer in our receiver, if exhausted.
2. To practice swinging; as, a man swings for health or pleasure.
3. To move or float; also, to turn round an anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.
SWING, verb transitive To make to play loosely; to cause to wave or vibrate; as a body suspended in the air.
1. To whirl round in the air.
--Swing thee in air, then dash thee down.
2. To wave; to move to and from; as, a man swings his arms when he walks.
He swings his tail, and swiftly turns him round.
3. To brandish; to flourish.
SWING, noun A waving or vibratory motion; oscillation; as the swing of a pendulum.
1. Motion from one side to the other. A haughty man struts or walks with a swing
2. A line, cord or other thing suspended and hanging loose; also, an apparatus suspended for persons to swing in.
3. Influence or power of a body put in motion.
The ram that batters down the wall,
For the great swing and rudeness of his poise--
4. Free course; unrestrained liberty or license.
Take thy swing
To prevent any thing which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius.
5. The sweep or compass of a moving body.
6. Unrestrained tendency; as the prevailing swing of corrupt nature; the swing of propensities.
SWING'-BRIDGE, noun [swing and bridge.] A bridge that may be moved by swinging; used on canals.