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Added 9 October 2026

swing

/ˈswɪŋ/ verb

In Latin: oscillo Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about swing at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
The plant swung in the breeze.
To dance.
To ride on a swing.
The children laughed as they swung.

noun

The act, or an instance, of swinging.
The manner in which something is swung.
He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.
The sweep or compass of a swinging body.

Origin

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.

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