| swing Apr 16th 2013, 00:03 | | | | Line 3: | Line 3: | | | | | | | | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== | | − | {{etyl|enm}} {{term|swingen|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|swingan|lang=ang}}, from {{etyl|gem-pro|en}} {{recons|swinganan|lang=gem-pro}} (cf. German {{term|schwingen|lang=de}} 'to brandish', Swedish {{term|svinga|lang=sv}}), from {{etyl|ine-pro|en}} {{recons|su̯eng|lang=ine-pro}} (cf. Scottish Gaelic {{term|seang|lang=gd}} 'thin'). | + | {{etyl|enm}} {{term|swingen|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|swingan|lang=ang}}, from {{etyl|gem-pro|en}} {{recons|swinganą|lang=gem-pro}} (cf. German {{term|schwingen|lang=de}} 'to brandish', Swedish {{term|svinga|lang=sv}}), from {{etyl|ine-pro|en}} {{recons|su̯eng|lang=ine-pro}} (cf. Scottish Gaelic {{term|seang|lang=gd}} 'thin'). | | | | | | | | ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
Latest revision as of 00:03, 16 April 2013 [edit] English Wikipedia [edit] Etymology Middle English swingen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (cf. German schwingen 'to brandish', Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *su̯eng (cf. Scottish Gaelic seang 'thin'). [edit] Pronunciation swing (plural swings) - The manner in which something is swung.
- He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.
- Door swing indicates direction the door opens.
- the swing of a pendulum
- A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
- A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
- A dance style.
- (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
- The amount of change towards or away from something.
- (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
- The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.
- (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
- The diameter that a lathe can cut.
- In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
- A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
- Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
- (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
- Dryden
- Take thy swing.
- Burke
- To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius.
[edit] Quotations - 1937 June 11, Judy Garland, "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm", A day at the races, Sam Wood (director), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- All God's chillun got rhythm. All God's chillun got swing.
- Maybe haven't got money, maybe haven't got shoes.
- All God's chillun got rhythm for to [sic.] push away their blues.
[edit] Derived terms [edit] Translations manner in which something is swung amount of change towards or away from sideways movement of a cricket ball as it flies through the air diameter that a lathe can cut substitute musical theater performer - The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked - French: Swing m
- Persian: تاب (tâb)
- Swedish: swing
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swing (third-person singular simple present swings, present participle swinging, simple past swang or swung, past participle swung or (archaic) swungen) - (intransitive) To move backward and forward, especially rotating about or hanging from a fixed point.
- The plant swung in the breeze.
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 12
- With one accord the tribe swung rapidly toward the frightened cries, and there found Terkoz holding an old female by the hair and beating her unmercifully with his great hands.
- (intransitive) To dance.
- (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
- The children laughed as they swung.
- (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
- (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
- (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
- It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.
- (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
- He swung his sword as hard as he could.
- (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
- (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
- If it's not too expensive, I think we can swing it.
- (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
- (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
- (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
- (transitive) In dancing, when you turn around in a small circle with your partner, holding hands or arms. You can say "swing your partner", or just "swing".
[edit] Derived terms [edit] Translations to move backward and forward - Arabic: تأرجح (ar) (ta'árjaHa)
- Catalan: balancejar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 擺動 (cmn), 摆动 (cmn) (bǎidòng), 搖擺 (cmn), 摇摆 (cmn) (yáobǎi), 擺蕩 (cmn), 摆荡 (cmn) (bǎidàng), 擺 (cmn), 摆 (cmn) (bǎi)
- Czech: houpat se (cs)
- Esperanto: balanci (eo)
- Finnish: heilua (fi), keinua (fi)
- French: osciller (fr), se balancer (fr), balancer (fr)
- German: schwingen (de), schaukeln (de), schwanken (de)
| | - Greek: κουνιέμαι (el) (kuniemai)
- Hungarian: leng (hu), himbálózik (hu)
- Icelandic: sveiflast (is)
- Japanese: 振れる (ja) (ふれる, fureru), 揺さぶる (ja) (ゆさぶる, yusaburu), 揺れる (ja) (ゆれる, yureru)
- Macedonian: ниша (mk) (níša), лула (mk) (lúla)
- Portuguese: balançar (pt)
- Romanian: balansa (ro), legăna (ro)
- Russian: качаться (ru) (kačát'sja) impf., раскачиваться (ru) (raskáčivat'sja) impf.
- Swedish: gunga (sv), svinga (sv)
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to participate in swinging lifestyle cricket: of a ball, to move sideways in its trajectory to move an object backward and forward to change a numerical result music: to produce a bouncy, uneven rhythm cricket: to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory boxing: to move one's arm in a punching motion dancing: to turn around in a small circle with one's partner - The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
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[edit] Italian [edit] Etymology English swing m inv - swing (music and dance style; golf swing)
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