swing

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
2. (intransitive) To dance.
3. (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
4. (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
5. (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
6. (intransitive) To move sideways in its trajectory.
7. (transitive) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
8. (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
9. (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
10. (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
11. (slang, transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
12. (transitive) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
13. (intransitive, transitive) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
14. (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
15. (transitive) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
16. (transitive) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
17. To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
18. To turn in a different direction.
19. To be sexually oriented.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act, or an instance, of swinging.
2. (countable, uncountable) The manner in which something is swung.
3. (countable, uncountable) The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
4. (countable, uncountable) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
5. (countable, uncountable) A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
6. (countable, uncountable) An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
7. (countable, uncountable) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
8. (countable, uncountable) The amount of change towards or away from something.
9. (countable, uncountable) The amount of change towards or away from something.
10. (countable, uncountable) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
11. (countable, uncountable) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
12. (countable, uncountable) In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
13. (countable, uncountable) A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
14. (countable, uncountable) The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
15. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
16. (countable, uncountable) Influence or power of anything put in motion.
17. (countable, uncountable) A type of hook with the arm more extended.

Concepts

balançoire

balancer

se balancer

osciller

secouer

agiter

swing

balancement

bouger

brandir

oscillation

bercer

balloter

balaçoire

flotter

fluctuer

swinguer

balancier

penduler

trembler

pendule

escarpolette

travailler

vaciller

variation

varier

vibrer

échangisme

être en marche

faire osciller

pendiller

revirement

oscillement

sans rien faire

être suspendu à

être influencé

être touché

jive

faire de la balançoire

se balancer fortement

attentat

👊

balayer

ballotter

basculer

changement

changer

éviter

flâner

heurter

lancer

Synonymes

rock

🪨

sway

wave

👋

shake

🫨

oscillate

dangle

brandish

wag

waver

wobble

hang

move

flourish

vibrate

vacillate

jolt

swinging

wield

seesaw

beat

tremble

fluctuate

hammock

sweep

rotate

fling

cradle

flap

wave about

oscillation

pendulum

jerk

stroke

swing music

turn

wobbling

dangling

agitate

roll

waggle

quiver

vacillation

pivot

rocking chair

wabble

waving

jive

throw

suspend

stir

Traductions

schwingen

schaukeln

altalena

Schaukel

balancear

columpio

dondolare

columpiar

zwaaien

κούνια

mecer

🪨

gronxador

balançar

slingeren

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈswɪŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: swyngen

Hérité de ancien anglais: swingan

Appartenant à bas-allemand: swingen

Appartenant à allemand: schwingen

Appartenant à néerlandais: zwingen

Appartenant à suédois: svinga

Appartenant à gaélique écossais: seang

In summary

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.

Phrases

A kid is standing on a swing at a playground .

Un enfant se tient sur une balançoire dans une aire de jeux.