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The toughest thing in hitting shouldn't be deciding when to swing. It is, for me, deciding when not to swing. You should be swinging from the time you get into the batter's box until something says don't swing.
Chili Davis

Meaning of "swinging" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SWINGING

swinging  [ˈswɪŋɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWINGING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swinging can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SWINGING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of swinging in the English dictionary

The first definition of swinging in the dictionary is moving rhythmically to and fro. Other definition of swinging is modern and lively. Swinging is also the practice of swapping sexual partners in a group, esp habitually.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWINGING


bell-ringing
bɛlˈrɪŋɪŋ
blinging
ˈblɪŋɪŋ
clinging
ˈklɪŋɪŋ
gunslinging
ˈɡʌnˌslɪŋɪŋ
minging
ˈmɪŋɪŋ
mudslinging
ˈmʌdˌslɪŋɪŋ
pinging
ˈpɪŋɪŋ
ringing
ˈrɪŋɪŋ
singing
ˈsɪŋɪŋ
springing
ˈsprɪŋɪŋ
stinging
ˈstɪŋɪŋ
upbringing
ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ
wringing
ˈrɪŋɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWINGING

swing vote
swing voter
swing-bin
swing-wing
swingbeat
swingboat
swinge
swingeing
swingeingly
swinger
swinging door
swinging single
Swinging Sixties
swinging voter
swingingly
swingism
swingle
swingletree
swingman
swingometer

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWINGING

avenging
banging
belonging
challenging
changing
community singing
cringing
flanging
flower arranging
game-changing
gang-banging
hand-wringing
longing
managing
overhanging
paperhanging
plunging
thronging
unchanging
wall hanging
wide-ranging

Synonyms and antonyms of swinging in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SWINGING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «swinging» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of swinging

Translation of «swinging» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWINGING

Find out the translation of swinging to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of swinging from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swinging» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

摆动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oscilante
570 millions of speakers

English

swinging
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झूलते
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يتأرجح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

размахивая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

swinging
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝুলন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

balancement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berayun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwing
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スイング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스윙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngayunke
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Swinging
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்விங்கிங்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झोकायची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sallanan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oscillazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kołysanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розмахуючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

swinging
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

swinging
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swaai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svängande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svingende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swinging

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWINGING»

The term «swinging» is very widely used and occupies the 15.686 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWINGING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about swinging

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10 QUOTES WITH «SWINGING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word swinging.
1
Hank Aaron
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
2
Herb Alpert
If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are deep bass sounds. When it cut it at half speed, you're getting more of those on the record.
3
Cilla Black
Back when I was helping put the swing into the swinging '60s, I used to hang out with Cathy McGowan. We'd be doing 'Ready Steady Go!' on T.V., and Biba used to make our dresses. We'd be in the flat in Cromwell Road on Friday night, just before the live show, and they'd still be sewing.
4
Frank Capra
In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.
5
Noel Clarke
I did 'Kidulthood' and 'Adulthood,' and that's what people wanted and expect me to always do. They want me to do 'hood films and be the guy swinging baseball bats and saying 'Yo Blood' and beating up others in the street.
6
Roberto Clemente
I am more valuable to my team hitting .330 then swinging for home runs.
7
Tommy Cooper
A blind bloke walks into a shop with a guide dog. He picks the Dog up and starts swinging it around his head. Alarmed, a shop assistant calls out: 'Can I help, sir?' 'No thanks,' says the blind bloke. 'Just looking.'
8
Matt Damon
Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging.
9
Chili Davis
The toughest thing in hitting shouldn't be deciding when to swing. It is, for me, deciding when not to swing. You should be swinging from the time you get into the batter's box until something says don't swing.
10
David Duval
When I'm swinging well, nobody hits the golf ball any better than I do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWINGING»

Discover the use of swinging in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swinging and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Swinging Single: Representing Sexuality in the 1960s
In contrast, the essays in Swindling Single attribute the new sexual mores of that era not to its political upheavals but to a confluence of social, cultural, and economic factors that encouraged personal gratification and altered ...
Hilary Radner, Moya Luckett, 1999
2
Swinging the Machine: Modernity, Technology, and African ...
According to Joel Dinerstein, it was no different in America between the two World Wars -- an era sometimes known as the "machine age" -- when innovative forms of music and dance helped a newly urbanized population cope with the increased ...
Joel Dinerstein, 2003
3
Keep Swinging: An Entrepreneur's Story of Overcoming ...
Myers, founder of Interactive Solutions, Inc., had many days in his business early years when he thought he was going to end up just another statistic.
Jay Myers, 2007
4
Swinging on a Star (Weddings by Bella Book #2): A Novel
"--Allison Pittman, author, Stealing Home Janice Thompson is a seasoned romance author and native Texan. An experienced wedding coordinator herself, Thompson brings alive in her books the everyday drama and humor of getting married.
Janice Thompson, 2010
5
Singing and swinging and getting merry like Christmas
In the third volume of her autobiography, the writer recounts her passage into adulthood and the white world, and her initial experiences of marriage, motherhood, and show business
Maya Angelou, 1997
6
The Swinging Bridge
A writer as necessary as Ramabai Espinet should be treasured by us for her unique voice and the unique world she shares with us."—Jamaica Kincaid "The Swinging Bridge is a sweeping story . . . of rich heritage—a blend of Indian and ...
Ramabai Espinet, 2013
7
Swinging sixties: fashion in London and beyond 1955-1970
Austin Powers mercilessly parodied the look, but the films' enormous success proved the enduring influence of mid-60s London fashion.
Christopher Breward, David Gilbert, Jenny Lister, 2006
8
Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle
They had signed on as foot soldiers in a white-collar army of overworked and frustrated lemmings furiously trying to spin straw into gold. They escaped with the remnants of their sanity-and, ultimately, this book.
John Rolfe, 2009
9
Swinging for the Fences: Black Baseball in Minnesota
This book tells the great stories of baseballs past, from establishment of the colour line and the early formation of the barnstorming teams to dazzling hits by black heroes that led the Twins to victory over the Cardinals in 1987.
Steven R. Hoffbeck, 2005
10
Keep Swinging!: Approach Your Senior Years Without Skipping ...
For the multitudes of people entering their senior years, jazz-drumming great Sam Ulano offers a road map to aging well and managing your health, money, and attitude.
Sam Ulano, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWINGING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swinging is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hunter Pence cleared to start swinging a bat
For the first time in almost two weeks, Giants right fielder Hunter Pence is swinging a bat again. Pence, on the disabled list with left wrist tendinitis, was cleared to ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jun 15»
2
Soft budget and rate cuts bring swinging voters back to Abbott …
Swinging voters driven to back Labor by the unfairness of the Abbott government's first hard-cutting budget have swung back after a "softer and milder" 2015 ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
3
Lydia Ko defends her Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic title
Lydia Ko, in a thrilling overtime battle between current and former teen phenoms, bested Morgan Pressel on the second playoff hole to go back-to-back at the ... «SB Nation, Apr 15»
4
Pettersen withdraws from Swinging Skirts Classic
Suzann Pettersen hoped she could return to play at the Swinging Skirts Classic this week, but she withdrew Wednesday before the pro-am with a lingering injury ... «Golf Channel, Apr 15»
5
No reopening date set for Swinging Bridge
County engineers don't know when Swinging Bridge will reopen. The bridge over the Snake River south of Jackson was damaged Thursday when a ... «Jackson Hole News&Guide, Apr 15»
6
Man swinging machete, talking to cat, taken to hospital
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a 42-year-old man described as swinging a machete in a northwest Portland street and talking to his cat has been taken to ... «Q13 FOX, Apr 15»
7
Neighbors With Benefits react: Reality swinging is (no surprise …
While the idea of swinging is supposed to be titillating, A&E's new reality show, Neighbors With Benefits proves it's kind of anything but. In fact, after watching the ... «Entertainment Weekly, Mar 15»
8
BLM bans roped fun at Utah's Corona Arch and Gemini Bridges
Visitors had frequently complained to the agency that rope swinging ... Swinging creates a circus atmosphere with much yelling and whooping as riders sail back ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jan 15»
9
Nash: 'Don't want to be a distraction'
... basketball, but there is an incredible difference between this game and swinging a golf club, hiking, even hitting a tennis ball or playing basketball at the park. «ESPN, Nov 14»
10
Argentine golf prodigy began by swinging a broken broomstick at …
Reales started learning to play golf by swinging the broken broomstick at fruit and vegetables discarded at a temporary market set up in front of his house in one ... «Fox News, Oct 14»

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