Pronunciations (5)
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/ˈswɪŋə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈswɪŋəɹ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ˈswɪnd͡ʒə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈswɪnd͡ʒəɹ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ˈswɪŋə(ɹ)
Noun
One who swings.
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And now that swing appears on a certain playground in the dusk, still swinging without the swinger, who has disappeared[…]
A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
A swing voter.
Usage- Informal
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More examples (1)
Shorten went to Blacktown to try and summon the spirit of Gough Whitlam to persuade the swingers it was time for a change of government. Shorten said vote one Labor, for the future.
A swing ride.
A passenger on a motorcycle's sidecar who athletically moves from one side to the other to alter the weight distribution.
Noun
One who swinges.
Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
Usage- Obsolete
- Slang
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Add ſugar, nutmeg and ginger, / VVith ſtore of ale too; / And thus ye muſt doe / To make the vvaſſaile a ſvvinger.
Noun
someone who swings sports implements
a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
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