All swing synonyms
swing
S s verb swing
- go round β go-around (defs 2, 3).
- commove β to disturb; stir up
- come to terms β to reach acceptance or agreement
- wangle β to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
- get a handle on β that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a purpose: The clue was a handle for solving the mystery.
- wobble β to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
- whiffling β to blow in light or shifting gusts or puffs, as the wind; veer or toss about irregularly.
- eddying β a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
- weltering β to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
- beetle β A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- joggle β to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle: She joggled the key in the lock a couple of times before getting the door open.
- glinted β a tiny, quick flash of light.
- junketing β Present participle of junket.
- bung β A bung is a round piece of wood, cork, or rubber which you use to close the hole in a container such as a barrel or flask.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- contrive β If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- make use of β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- globetrot β to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- make for β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- fit in β belong
- away β If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
- inversed β reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- go around β an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- glinting β a tiny, quick flash of light.
- lurch β Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- come on strong β If someone comes on strong, they make their intentions or feelings clear in an excessive or aggressive way.
- hook up β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- oscillate β to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- cut the mustard β to come up to expectations
- globetrotting β to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- flourish β to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
noun swing
- fisticuff β a cuff or blow with the fist.
- whistlestop β (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- dynamics β The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- charleston β The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- bunny hop β a jump executed with the feet held tightly together and the knees bent
- workings β Plural form of working.
- diapason β either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- expedition β A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war.
- bonk β If two people bonk, they have sexual intercourse.
- kinetics β the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- mobilization β to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- modulation β the act of modulating.
- extensity β (uncountable) The state of being extensive or of having extension.
- measure β a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- full swing β full operation; greatest activity: For the first time in years the factory was in full swing. The meeting was in full swing when we arrived.
- flection β the act of bending.