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swinging

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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.

swinging [ˈswɪŋɪŋ]
adj
1. moving rhythmically to and fro
2. Slang modern and lively
swinging  adj
swingingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.swingingswinging - changing location by moving back and forth
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.swingingswinging - 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"
rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"

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 woodel rítmico vaivén or balanceo de su hacha al golpear la madera
she walked along with a swinging gaitandaba con garbo
2. (o.f.) (= lively) [city, party] → con mucha marcha
swinging Londonel Londres marchoso or de la marcha
the Swinging Sixtieslos marchosos años sesenta
3. [music, rhythm] → con swing
B. Nvaivén 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) nindécis(e) m/f
swinging
adj stepschwungvoll; movementschaukelnd; musicschwungvoll, swingend; (fig inf) personlocker (inf); swinging door (US) → Pendeltür f; swinging LondonSwinging London nt; London was a swinging place thenin London war damals wirklich was los (inf); the swinging sixtiesdie 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


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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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