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swings

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for swings.

Editorial note

The comment ordering swings around a lot, especially when the article is fresh Also when it's a controversial subject like diversity/racism.

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Quick take

The act, or an instance, of swinging.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of swings gathered in one view.

noun

The act, or an instance, of swinging.

noun

A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.

noun

An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for swings.

noun

The act, or an instance, of swinging.

noun

A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.

noun

An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.

verb

To turn in a different direction.

Example sentences

1

The comment ordering swings around a lot, especially when the article is fresh Also when it's a controversial subject like diversity/racism.

2

The question is, would you also puke if you were doing the Mirrors Edge jumps, rolls, swings across large vertical drops in real life?

3

The market is fundamentally an irrational entity, and investors should be looking for ways to systematically protect themselves from the market's irrational mood swings.

4

She often had mood swings and except those who were very close to her, no one understood her.

5

So there weren't the huge swings in property values you might see in the US or Australia.

6

Since names and speech are gendered that's a very common mistake to make online and it swings both ways.

7

Very weird when I expect the down-swings in China would put the IV at a much higher level.

8

I know they hold longer terms to hopefully avoid political swings, but, it just seems like bad timing.

9

Ubuntu tries a lot of different things, and the environment swings around wildly.

10

Many traders attempt to profit from the short-term price swings caused by momentum.

11

I used to have similar mood swings and a year ago I went into major depression.

12

Now, we'll probably put it behind some of our APIs that see huge swings in traffic.

Quote examples

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"Earlier today, the Chernobyl power plant has fulfilled its 5-years plan of thermal energy generation in just 150 milliseconds" Talk about mad swings.

2

The voter then swings the stick wildly in every direction, trying to hit a political candidate on the head and knock some send into the silly bastard." I think Australia has managed to get by as well as it has in spite of it's more recent politicians not because of them, along with some favourable economic circumstances, which the current set of silly bastards appears to be doing their utmost undo.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use swings in a sentence?

The comment ordering swings around a lot, especially when the article is fresh Also when it's a controversial subject like diversity/racism.

What does swings mean?

The act, or an instance, of swinging.

What part of speech is swings?

swings is commonly used as noun, verb.