Swing vs. Twist
Swingverb
(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
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(intransitive) To dance.
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(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
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(intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
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(intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
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to move sideways in its trajectory.
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(intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
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(transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
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(transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
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(transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
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To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
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to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
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To move one's arm in a punching motion.
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(transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
Swingverb
To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
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To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
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(nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
Swingnoun
The manner in which something is swung.
Swingnoun
A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
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A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
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A dance style.
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(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
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The amount of change towards or away from something.
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(politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
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(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
Swingnoun
The diameter that a lathe can cut.
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In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
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A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
Swingnoun
Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
Swingnoun
(obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
Swingnoun
(boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
Swingverb
To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
Swingverb
To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.
Swingverb
To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.
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To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.
Swingverb
To be hanged.
Swingverb
To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.
Swingverb
To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.
Swingverb
To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; - said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
Swingnoun
The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.
Swingnoun
Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.
Swingnoun
A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.
Swingnoun
Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
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Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
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Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.
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a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity;
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mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
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a sweeping blow or stroke;
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changing location by moving back and forth
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a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
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a jaunty rhythm in music
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the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
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in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball;
Swingnoun
a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
Swingverb
move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting;
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move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner;
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change direction with a swinging motion; turn;
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influence decisively;
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make a big sweeping gesture or movement
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hang freely;
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hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement;
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alternate dramatically between high and low values;
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live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style;
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have a certain musical rhythm;
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be a social swinger; socialize a lot
Swingverb
play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
Swingverb
engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends;
Swingverb
move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis
Swingverb
be executed by hanging
Swingverb
turn (a ship or aircraft) to all compass points in succession, in order to test compass error.
Swingverb
move by grasping a support from below and leaping
Swingverb
move quickly round to the opposite direction
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move with a rhythmic swaying gait
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move or cause to move in a smooth, curving line
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bring down (something held) with a curving movement, typically in order to hit an object
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attempt to hit or punch, typically with a wide curving movement of the arm
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deliver (a punch) with a wide curving movement of the arm
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(of a bowler) make a delivery of (a ball) deviate sideways from a regular course in the air.
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(of a delivery) deviate sideways from a regular course.
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shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another
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have a decisive influence on (something, especially a vote or election)
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succeed in bringing about
Swingverb
play music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm
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(of music) be played with a flowing but vigorous rhythm.
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(of an event, place, or way of life) be lively, exciting, or fashionable.
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engage in group sex or swap sexual partners within a group, especially on a habitual basis.
Swingnoun
a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.
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a period of time spent swinging back and forth on a seat suspended by ropes or chains.
Swingnoun
an act of swinging
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the manner in which a golf club or a bat is swung
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the motion of swinging
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an attempted blow or punch
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sideways deviation of the ball from a regular path
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a discernible change in opinion, especially the amount by which votes or points scored change from one side to another
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a style of jazz or dance music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm.
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the rhythmic feeling or drive of swing.
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a swift tour involving a number of stops, especially one undertaken as part of a political campaign.
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(in musical theatre) an understudy, typically one who covers multiple roles in the chorus of a particular production.
Twistnoun
A twisting force.
Twistnoun
Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.
Twistnoun
The form given in twisting.
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The degree of stress or strain when twisted.
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A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.
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A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.
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A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.
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A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.
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(authorship) An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.
Twistnoun
A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Wikipedia:Twist (dance)
Twistnoun
A rotation of the body when diving.
Twistnoun
A sprain, especially to the ankle.
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(obsolete) A twig.
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(slang) A girl, a woman.
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(obsolete) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
Twistnoun
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.
Twistnoun
The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
Twistnoun
A beverage made of brandy and gin.
Twistnoun
A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.
Twistverb
To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
Twistverb
To join together by twining one part around another.
Twistverb
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Twistverb
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
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(reflexive) To wind into; to insinuate.
Twistverb
To turn a knob etc.
Twistverb
To distort or change the truth or meaning of words when repeating.
Twistverb
To form a twist (in any of the above noun meanings).
Twistverb
To injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction.
Twistverb
To wind; to follow a bendy or wavy course; to have many bends.
Twistverb
(transitive) To cause to rotate.
Twistverb
(intransitive) To dance the twist (a type of dance characterised by twisting one's hips).
Twistverb
(transitive) To coax.
Twistverb
(card games) In the game of blackjack (pontoon or twenty-one), to be dealt another card.
Twistverb
To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
Twistverb
Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
Twistverb
To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
Twistverb
To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
Twistverb
To wind into; to insinuate; - used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
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To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.
Twistverb
Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
Twistverb
To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
Twistverb
To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
Twistverb
To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
Twistnoun
The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
Twistnoun
The form given in twisting.
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That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
Twistnoun
A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
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A twig.
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A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
Twistnoun
Act of imparting a turning or twisting motion, as to a pitched ball; also, the motion thus imparted; as, the twist of a billiard ball.
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A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
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A strong individual tendency, or bent; a marked inclination; a bias; - often implying a peculiar or unusual tendency; as, a twist toward fanaticism.
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A roll of twisted dough, baked.
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A little twisted roll of tobacco.
Twistnoun
One of the threads of a warp, - usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
Twistnoun
A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
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The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
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A beverage made of brandy and gin.
Twistnoun
an unforeseen development;
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an interpretation of a text or action;
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any clever (deceptive) maneuver;
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the act of rotating rapidly;
Twistnoun
a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;
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a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
Twistnoun
a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
Twistnoun
a jerky pulling movement
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a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
Twistnoun
social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s;
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the act of winding or twisting;
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turning or twisting around (in place);
Twistverb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);
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cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;
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turn in the opposite direction;
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form into a spiral shape;
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form into twists;
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do the twist
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twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates;
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practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
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twist suddenly so as to sprain;
