Meanings
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1
verb
To move back and forth or in a curve from a fixed point.
The monkey swung from branch to branch.
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2
verb
To move your arm in a wide curve to hit or aim at something.
He swung at the ball but missed.
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3
noun
A swinging blow or stroke made with the arm.
He took a wild swing at the punching bag.
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4
verb
To change suddenly between high and low levels or moods.
Her moods swing from joy to despair within minutes.
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Etymology
From Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (compare Low German swingen, German schwingen, Dutch zwingen, Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *swenk-, *sweng- (compare Scottish Gaelic seang (“thin”)). Related to swink.