v. 1 sway, move or go to and fro or back and forth or backwards and forwards, come and go, wave, fluctuate, flap, oscillate, vibrate, librate, waver, wobble, waggle, zigzag, wigwag, flourish The branches swung in the wind They swung their arms in time to the music. 2 hang, dangle; be hanged, be suspended They watched the monkeys swinging from tree to tree He will swing for his crime.
n. 3 swinging, sway, swaying, toing and froing, coming and going, waving, fluctuation, fluctuating, flapping, flap, oscillation, oscillating, vibration, vibrating, libration, waver, wavering, wobble, wobbling, waggle, waggling, zigzag, zigzagging, wigwag, wigwagging, flourish, flourishing, stroke Catch the rope on its next swing He was caught on the shoulder by a wild swing of the bat. 4 sweep, scope, range, trend, limit(s); change, switch, shift The swing of public opinion is unpredictable in these matters There has been a small percentage swing to the Conservatives. 5 pace, routine, groove, pattern Don't you find it hard to get into the normal swing of things after a long holiday? 6 in full swing in (full) operation, under way, in business, animated, lively, on the move, moving, going, Colloq on the hop, cooking The party was in full swing when we arrived