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swinging [ˈswɪŋɪŋ] adj
1. moving rhythmically to and fro 2. Slang modern and lively swinging adj swingingly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 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 swinging [ˈswɪŋɪŋ] adj (step) → cadenzato/a, ritmico/a; (rhythm, music) → trascinante swinging door (Am) → porta a vento How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The cudgel was swinging in the arc which ended upon my upturned face when a bolt of myriad-legged horror hurled itself through the doorway full upon the breast of my executioner. The next day, when it came out of its hole for food, he took up his axe, but by swinging too hastily, missed its head and cut off only the end of its tail. Moving on, I at last came to a dim sort of light not far from the docks, and heard a forlorn creaking in the air; and looking up, saw a swinging sign over the door with a white painting upon it, faintly representing a tall straight jet of misty spray, and these words underneath -- The Spouter-Inn: --Peter Coffin. |
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