swinging

swing·ing  (swngng) Slang

adj.

1. Spirited; up-to-date.

2. Attracting a lively, trendy crowd: a swinging nightclub.

3.

a. Sexually promiscuous.

b. Practicing exchange of partners, especially spouses, for sex.

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swinging [ˈswɪŋɪŋ]

adj

1. moving rhythmically to and fro

2. Slang modern and lively

swinging  adj

swingingly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swinging - changing location by moving back and forth vacillation, swing movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
Adj.	1.	swinging - characterized by a buoyant rhythm; "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure" lilting, swingy, tripping rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"

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swinging

adjective (Old-fashioned informal) trendy, happening (informal), with it (informal), hip (slang), fashionable (Brit. informal), up-to-date, groovy (dated slang), up to the minute, in the swim (informal), full of go or pep (informal) The stuffy '50s gave way to the swinging '60s.

Translations

swinging [ˈswɪŋɪŋ]

A. ADJ

1. (lit) the rhythmic swinging motion of his axe against the wood → el rítmico vaivén or balanceo de su hacha al golpear la madera
she walked along with a swinging gait → andaba con garbo

2. (o.f.) (= lively) [city, party] → con mucha marcha
swinging London → el Londres marchoso or de la marcha
the Swinging Sixties → los marchosos años sesenta

3. [music, rhythm] → con swing

B. N → vaivén m, oscilación f

C. CPD swinging door N (US) → puerta f de vaivén, puerta f de batiente

swinging [ˈswɪŋɪŋ] adj

[music, rhythm] → swinguant(e)

(= trendy) [place, nightlife] → branché(e) >
swinging door n (US) → porte f battante
Swinging Sixties npl
the Swinging Sixties → les swinging sixties fpl
swing vote n (mainly US) → vote m décisif
swing voter (US) n → indécis(e) m/f

swinging

adj step → schwungvoll; movement → schaukelnd; music → schwungvoll, swingend; (fig inf) person → locker (inf); swinging door (US) → Pendeltür f; swinging London → Swinging London nt; London was a swinging place then → in London war damals wirklich was los (inf); the swinging sixties → die flotten sechziger Jahre, die „swinging sixties“ (sl)

swinging [ˈswɪŋɪŋ] adj (step) → cadenzato/a, ritmico/a; (rhythm, music) → trascinante
swinging door (Am) → porta a vento