<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>Swung, swing·ing.<ul><li>To cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.</li><li>To cause to move in alternate directions or in either direction around a fixed point, on an axis, or on a line of support, as a door on hinges.</li><li>To move (the hand or something held) with an oscillating or rotary movement: to swing one's fists; to swing a club around one's head.</li><li>To pull or turn (a propeller) by hand, especially in order to start the engine.</li><li>To turn in a new direction in a curve, as if around a central point: to swing the car into the driveway.</li><li>To suspend so as to hang freely, as a hammock or a door.</li><li>Informal: To influence or win over; manage or arrange as desired: to swing votes; to swing a business deal.</li><li>To direct, change, or shift (one's interest, opinion, support, etc.).</li><li>To turn (a ship or aircraft) to various headings in order to check compass deviation.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act, manner, or progression of swinging; movement in alternate directions or in a particular direction.</li><li>The amount or extent of such movement: to correct the swing of a pendulum.</li><li>A curving movement or course.</li><li>A moving of the body with a free, swaying motion, as in walking.</li><li>A blow or stroke with the hand or an object grasped in the hands: His swing drove the ball over the fence.</li><li>A change or shift in attitude, opinion, behavior, etc.</li><li>A steady, marked rhythm or movement, as of verse or music.</li><li>A regular upward or downward movement in the price of a commodity or of a security, or in any business activity.</li><li>Informal: A work period coming between the regular day and night shifts.</li><li>A change by a group of workers from working one shift to working another.</li><li>Freedom of action: to have free swing in carrying out a project.</li><li>Active operation; progression: to get into the swing of things.</li><li>Something that is swung or that swings.</li><li>A seat suspended from above by means of a loop of rope or between ropes or rods, on which one may sit and swing to and fro for recreation.</li><li>The maximum diameter of the work machinable in a certain lathe or other machine tool.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of or relating to a swing.</li><li>Capable of determining the outcome, as of an election; deciding, as in swing vote, swing voter.</li><li>Designed or constructed to permit swinging or hanging.</li><li>Acting to relieve other workers when needed, as at night.</li></ul>