n. 25B6; verb
the sign swung in the wind : SWAY, oscillate, move back and forth, move to and fro, wave, wag, rock, flutter, flap.
Helen swung the bottle : BRANDISH, wave, flourish, wield, shake, wag, twirl.
this road swings off to the north : CURVE, bend, veer, turn, bear, wind, twist, deviate, slew, skew, drift, head.
the balance swung from one party to the other : CHANGE, fluctuate, shift, alter, oscillate, waver, alternate, see-saw, yo-yo, vary.
(informal) their persistence finally swung it for him : ACCOMPLISH, achieve, obtain, acquire, get, secure, net, win, attain, bag, hook; informal wangle, land, fix (up).
25B6; noun
a swing of the pendulum : OSCILLATION, sway, wave.
the swing to the Conservatives : CHANGE, move; turnaround, turnabout, reversal, about-turn, about-face, volte-face, change of heart, U-turn, sea change.
a swing towards plain food : TREND, tendency, drift, movement.
a mood swing : FLUCTUATION, change, shift, variation, oscillation.