Scrabble and Words with Friends

• SWING is a valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• SWING is a valid Words with Friends word worth 11 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• SWING is a 5 letter word containing the letters g, i, n, s, w.

Definitions

• swing

  noun a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
  the party went with a swing
  it took time to get into the swing of things

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• swing

  noun mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth

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• swing

  noun a sweeping blow or stroke
  he took a wild swing at my head

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• swing

  noun changing location by moving back and forth

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• swing

  noun 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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• swing

  noun a jaunty rhythm in music

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• swing

  noun the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

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• swing

  noun in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball

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• swing

  noun a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them

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• swing

  verb move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
  swing a bat

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• swing

  verb move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

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• swing

  verb change direction with a swinging motion; turn
  swing back
  swing forward

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• swing

  verb influence decisively

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• swing

  verb make a big sweeping gesture or movement

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• swing

  verb hang freely

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• swing

  verb hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
  The soccer player began to swing at the referee

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• swing

  verb alternate dramatically between high and low values
  his mood swings
  the market is swinging up and down

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• swing

  verb live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
  The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely

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• swing

  verb have a certain musical rhythm
  The music has to swing

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• swing

  verb be a social swinger; socialize a lot

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• swing

  verb play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

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• swing

  verb engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
  There were many swinging couples in the 1960's

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• Lookup SWING using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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