What is the meaning of swing?

noun

• A state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity.
  • usage: "the party went with a swing"; "it took time to get into the swing of things"
• Mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth.
• A sweeping blow or stroke.
  • usage: "he took a wild swing at my head"
• Changing location by moving back and forth.
  • synonyms: swinging, vacillation
• A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
  • synonyms: swing music, jive
• A jaunty rhythm in music.
  • synonyms: lilt
• The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it.
  • synonyms: golf stroke, golf shot
• In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball.
  • usage: "he took a vicious cut at the ball"
  • synonyms: baseball swing, cut
• A square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them.

verb

• Move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting.
  • usage: "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
• Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner.
  • usage: "He swung back"
  • synonyms: sway
• Change direction with a swinging motion; turn.
  • usage: "swing back"; "swing forward"
• Influence decisively.
  • usage: "This action swung many votes over to his side"
  • synonyms: swing over
• Make a big sweeping gesture or movement.
  • synonyms: sweep, swing out
• Hang freely.
  • usage: "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
  • synonyms: dangle, drop
• Hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement.
  • usage: "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
• Alternate dramatically between high and low values.
  • usage: "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
• Live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style.
  • usage: "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
• Have a certain musical rhythm.
  • usage: "The music has to swing"
• Be a social swinger; socialize a lot.
  • synonyms: get around
• Play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm.
• Engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends.
  • usage: "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"