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79 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• swing v. (Intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
• swing v. (Intransitive) To dance.
• swing v. (Intransitive) To ride on a swing.
• swing v. (Intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
• swing v. (Intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone;…
• swing v. (Intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
• swing v. (Transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
• swing v. (Intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
• swing v. (Transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
• swing v. (Transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
• swing v. (Transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
• swing v. (Transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer…
• swing v. (Transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one’s arm in a punching motion.
• swing v. (Transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one’s partner, holding hands or arms.
• swing v. (Transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
• swing v. (Transitive, carpentry) To put (A door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
• swing v. (Nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
• swing v. To turn in a different direction.
• swing n. The manner in which something is swung.
• swing n. The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
• swing n. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
• swing n. A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children’s playground, for acrobats in a circus…
• swing n. A dance style.
• swing n. (Music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
• swing n. The amount of change towards or away from something.
• swing n. (Cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
• swing n. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
• swing n. In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
• swing n. A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
• swing n. The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
• swing n. (Obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
• swing n. Influence or power of anything put in motion.
• swing n. (Boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
• Swing prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech
  • swing n. Swing (dance).
• Romanian
  • swing n. Swing.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• swing n. Zwaai, het zwaaien.
• swing n. Schommel.
• swing n. Een bepaalde dansstijl.
• swing w. Onovergankelijk zwaaien, zwiepen.
• swing w. Onovergankelijk schommelen.
• swing w. Onovergankelijk dansen.
• swing w. Overgankelijk bij het dansen iemand om de eigen as doen roteren.
• swing w. Overgankelijk (houtbewerking) (een deur) van hengsels voorzien (zodat ze geopend kan worden).
• swing w. Onovergankelijk (eufemisme) hangen (vanaf de galg).

— English words, defined in French —

• swing n. Balançoire.
• swing n. (Musique) Swing.
• swing n. (Politique) Revirement, transfert.
• swing v. Balancer.
• swing v. (Argot) (Sexualité) Pratiquer l’échangisme.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• swing v. Balancearse.
• swing v. Oscilar.
• swing v. Cambiar.
• Swing s. Apellido.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• swing s. Balanço, impulso.
• swing s. Estilo de dança.
• swing v. Balançar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• swing s. Altalena.
• swing s. Brandire.

— In German —

• Swing S. Musik: besonderer Rhythmus von Jazz und Tanzmusik.
• Swing S. Musik, kein Plural: Stilrichtung des Jazz vor allem der 1930er/1940er…
• Swing S. Tanz: Tanzstil, der in den 1930ern in den USA populär war…
• Swing S. Wirtschaft: Kreditrahmen eines Landes beim Geschäftspartner.

— In Dutch —

• swing w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van swingen.
• swing w. Gebiedende wijs van swingen.
• swing w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van swingen.

— In French —

• swing adj. Qualifie un phénomène de mode né à la fin des années 30…
• swing n.m. (Sport) Mouvement de rotation du corps effectué dans le…
• swing n.m. (En particulier) (Boxe) Coup de poing circulaire exécuté…
• swing n.m. (En particulier) (Golf) Élan de golf.
• swing n.m. (Danse) Danse pratiquée à partir des années 20 jusqu’aux années 70.
• swing n.m. (Musique) (Jazz) (Au singulier) Style musical du jazz des…
• swing n.m. (Musique) Fait de jouer les notes suivant le balancement…
• swing n.m. Jeunes gens qui suivaient la mode inspirée par le swing…
• swing n.m. (Québec) (Populaire) Forte odeur de transpiration.

— In Portuguese —

• swing s. (Estrangeirismo) ver suingue.

— In Italian —

• swing s. (Forestierismo) (sport) nel pugilato sventola.
• swing s. (Musica) varietà fortemente ritmata del jazz e del blues…
• swing s. (Sport) nel golf il movimento che un giocatore deve compiere…

189 English words from 36 English definitions

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48 English words from 43 foreign definitions

à␣la Argot aux balancement Balancer blues che corps Coup dans del den der des een Élan ern Fait fin Forte gens golf het jazz Jeunes kan Landes les mode musical Musique notes par Plural Politique Québec Rhythmus rotation sport Style swing transpiration und USA van ver vor war

109 foreign words from 43 foreign definitions

à␣la␣fin allem Altalena années Apellido Balançar Balancearse Balanço Balançoire beim bepaalde besonderer bij Boxe Cambiar circulaire Coup␣de␣poing dança Danse dansen de␣mode deur deve doen échangisme Eerste Eerste␣persoon effectué eigen eines enkelvoud En␣particulier Estilo Estrangeirismo eufemisme exécuté Forestierismo fortemente galg Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs geopend Geschäftspartner giocatore hangen hengsels houtbewerking iemand impulso inspirée inversie Jeunes␣gens jouer kein Kreditrahmen Mouvement movimento Musica Musik nel odeur Onovergankelijk Oscilar Overgankelijk particulier partir persoon phénomène poing Populaire populär pratiquée Pratiquer pugilato Qualifie qui Revirement ritmata roteren Schommel schommelen Sexualité singulier Stilrichtung Style␣musical suingue suivaient suivant sventola swingen Tanz Tanzmusik tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd transfert tweede tweede␣persoon vanaf varietà von voorzien vor␣allem wijs Wirtschaft worden zodat Zwaai zwaaien zwiepen

165 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

swinge swings Swings swingy swingby swing␣by swinged swingel swinger Swinger swinges swingin' swingle Swingle swingarm swing␣bin swingbys swing␣dog swingels swingers Swingers swingest swingeth swing␣for swingier swinging Swingism swingled swingles Swingles swingman swingmen swing␣off swingout swing␣pan swing␣saw swingset swingable swingarms swing-back swingball swingbeat swing␣bins swingboat swing␣dogs swing␣door swingeing swingiest swingings swinglike +115 words

54 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

beswinge inswings upswings batswings bat's␣wings beeswings inswinger in-swinger outswings sex␣swings backswings beeswinged downswings inswingers in-swingers inswinging mood␣swings nonswinger outswinger out-swinger overswings unswingled upswinging check-swings check␣swings lead␣swinger nonswingers outswingers out-swingers outswinging porch␣swings backswinging lead␣swingers overswinging Tarzan␣swings try␣one's␣wings counterswings earn␣one's␣wings Russian␣swings singe␣one's␣wings bird's␣nest␣swings came␣out␣swinging come␣out␣swinging counterswinging expand␣one's␣wings spread␣one's␣wings comes␣out␣swinging stretch␣one's␣wings clip␣someone's␣wings coming␣out␣swinging +4 words

37 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

aswing inswing upswing batswing bat's␣wing beeswing forswing midswing neo-swing outswing preswing sex␣swing backswing downswing mood␣swing overswing tailswing tail␣swing check-swing check␣swing gypsy␣swing porch␣swing in␣full␣swing Tarzan␣swing Captain␣Swing compass␣swing counterswing electroswing electro␣swing go␣with␣a␣swing new␣jack␣swing new␣jill␣swing reverse␣swing Russian␣swing Western␣swing under␣one's␣wing bird's␣nest␣swing

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ing -ing -ïng win Win WIN w/in wing Wing

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

GNI

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Gwins wings

27 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

aswing Gowins Gwinns owings Owings saw␣gin sawing sewing sowing swinge swings Swings swingy SWLing unwigs Wenigs whings wigans winges Winges Wingos wising wrings x-wings X-wings y-wings Y-wings

23 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

gins Gins gwin Gwin IGNs ings Ings NGIs nigs sign sing Sing sing. Sing. s****ing snig swig wigs wing Wing wins Wins WSGI

21 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

awing Ewing owing sling sping sting STing s***ting suing swang swind swine swink Swink Swint swung sying x-wing X-wing y-wing Y-wing

8 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

sing Sing sing. Sing. s****ing swig wing Wing

4 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

sawing sewing sowing SWLing

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