swing

Definition

  • verb: to move backward and forward or from side to side while hanging from something
  • verb: to cause to move vigorously through a wide arc or circle
  • often + 'around'
  • synonyms: whirl, brandish, oscillation

Examples

  • After a while, she 'got into the swing of' her job. [=she got used to her job and was able to do it well]

  • They have to be ready to 'swing into action' [=to start doing something quickly] at a moment's notice.

  • She needs to work on her (golf) 'swing'. [=she needs to practice the way she swings a golf club]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...old boxes and toilet paper rolls, little windows so you can look in. Plus, they got the Mouseville All-Star Circus. Yeah, there's mice that swing on trapeze. Mice that roll barrels. Mice that stack coins. Yeah, that's it. That's the place for Mr. Jingles. You gonna be a circus mouse after all. (..)
    1999 The Green Mile