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Swag vs. Swing — What's the Difference?

Swag vs. Swing — What's the Difference?

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Swag

A curtain or piece of fabric fastened so as to hang in a drooping curve.

Swing

Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis
Her long black skirt swung about her legs
The door swung shut behind him
A priest began swinging a censer

Swag

Money or goods taken by a thief or burglar
Garden machinery is the most popular swag

Swing

Move by grasping a support from below and leaping
The Irishman swung himself into the saddle
We swung across like two trapeze artists

Swag

Bold self-assurance of style or manner
Adam had swag—he moved like a man who had the world at his feet
She's proved she's got swag with this sporty two-piece
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Swing

Move or cause to move in a smooth, curving line
She swung her legs to the side of the bed
The cab swung into the car park

Swag

A traveller's or miner's bundle of personal belongings.

Swing

Shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another
Opinion swung in the Chancellor's favour
The failure to seek peace could swing sentiment the other way

Swag

Arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric
Swag the fabric gracefully over the curtain tie-backs

Swing

Play music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm
The band swung on

Swag

Travel with one's personal belongings in a bundle
We were swagging it in Queensland
Swagging my way up to the Northern Territory

Swing

(of an event, place, or way of life) be lively, exciting, or fashionable.

Swag

Hang heavily
The crinkly old hide swags here and there

Swing

Engage in group sex or swap sexual partners within a group, especially on a habitual basis.

Swag

An ornamental drapery or curtain draped in a curve between two points.

Swing

A seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing back and forth.

Swag

An ornamental festoon of flowers or fruit.

Swing

An act of swinging
With the swing of her arm, the knife flashed through the air

Swag

A carving or plaster molding of such an ornament.

Swing

A discernible change in opinion, especially the amount by which votes or points scored change from one side to another
A five per cent swing to Labour

Swag

Promotional items, especially when given for free, considered as a group.

Swing

A style of jazz or dance music with a flowing but vigorous rhythm.

Swag

(Slang) Stolen property; loot.

Swing

A swift tour involving a number of stops, especially one undertaken as part of a political campaign.

Swag

(Australian) The pack or bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman.

Swing

(in musical theatre) an understudy, typically one who covers multiple roles in the chorus of a particular production.

Swag

(Slang) See schwag.

Swing

To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above.

Swag

Chiefly British To lurch or sway.

Swing

To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm
Swung at the ball.

Swag

(Australian) To travel about with a pack or swag.

Swing

To move laterally or in a curve
The car swung over to the curb.

Swag

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.

Swing

To turn in place on or as if on a hinge or pivot.

Swag

(intransitive) To droop; to sag.

Swing

To move along with an easy, swaying gait
Swinging down the road.

Swag

(transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.

Swing

To propel oneself from one place or position to another by grasping a fixed support
Swinging through the trees.

Swag

(transitive) To install (a ceiling fan or light fixture) by means of a long cord running from the ceiling to an outlet, and suspended by hooks or similar.

Swing

To ride on a swing.

Swag

To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).

Swing

To shift from one attitude, interest, condition, or emotion to another; vacillate.

Swag

To transport stolen goods.

Swing

(Slang) To be put to death by hanging.

Swag

(window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.

Swing

To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.

Swag

A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.

Swing

To play with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

Swag

(slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.

Swing

To be lively, trendy, and exciting.

Swag

A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.

Swing

To engage in promiscuous sex.

Swag

Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.

Swing

To exchange sex partners. Used especially of married couples.

Swag

Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, often distributed at conventions; merchandise.

Swing

To have a sexual orientation
Which way does he swing?.

Swag

The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and carried over the shoulder, sometimes attached to a stick.

Swing

To cause to move back and forth, as on a swing.

Swag

A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.

Swing

To cause to move in a broad arc or curve
Swing a bat.
Swung the car over.

Swag

A large quantity (of something).

Swing

To cause to move with a sweeping motion
Swinging his arms.

Swag

To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

Swing

To lift and convey with a sweeping motion
Swung the cargo onto the deck.

Swag

To sink down by its weight; to sag.
I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.

Swing

To suspend so as to sway or turn freely
Swung a hammock between two trees.

Swag

To tramp carrying a swag.

Swing

To suspend on hinges
Swing a shutter.

Swag

A swaying, irregular motion.

Swing

To cause to turn on hinges
Swung the door shut.

Swag

A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.

Swing

To cause to shift from one attitude, position, opinion, or condition to another.

Swag

A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; - called also a bluey, or a drum.
He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself.

Swing

To manage or arrange successfully
Swing a deal.

Swag

Valuable goods

Swing

To bring around to the desired result
Swing an election.

Swag

Goods or money obtained illegally

Swing

(Music) To play (music) with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.

Swag

A bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman

Swing

The act or an instance of swinging; movement back and forth or in one particular direction.

Swag

Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Swing

The sweep or scope of something that swings
The pendulum's swing is 12 inches.

Swag

Walk as if unable to control one's movements;
The drunken man staggered into the room

Swing

A blow or stroke executed with a sweeping motion of the arm.

Swag

Sway heavily or unsteadily

Swing

The manner in which one swings something, such as a bat or golf club.

Swing

A shift from one attitude, position, or condition to another
A swing to conservatism.

Swing

Freedom of action
The children have free swing in deciding what color to paint their room.

Swing

A swaying, graceful motion
Has a swing to her walk.

Swing

A sweep back and forth
The swing of a bird across the sky.

Swing

A course or tour that returns to the starting point
A swing across the state while campaigning.

Swing

A seat suspended from above, as by ropes, on which one can ride back and forth for recreation.

Swing

The normal rhythm of life or pace of activities
Back in the swing.

Swing

A steady, vigorous rhythm or movement, as in verse.

Swing

A regular movement up or down, as in stock prices.

Swing

A type of popular dance music developed about 1935 and based on jazz but employing a larger band, less improvisation, and simpler harmonic and rhythmic patterns.

Swing

A ballroom dance performed to this music.

Swing

A subtle, intuitively felt rhythmic quality or sense of rhythm.

Swing

(Music) Relating to or performing swing
A swing band.

Swing

Determining an outcome; decisive
The swing vote.

Swing

(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
The plant swung in the breeze.

Swing

(intransitive) To dance.

Swing

(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
The children laughed as they swung.

Swing

(intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.

Swing

(intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.

Swing

To move sideways in its trajectory.

Swing

To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

Swing

(intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.

Swing

(transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
He swung his sword as hard as he could.

Swing

(transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.

Swing

(transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.

Swing

To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.

Swing

To move one's arm in a punching motion.

Swing

(transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
"to swing one's partner", or simply "to swing"

Swing

To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
The lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

Swing

To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.

Swing

(nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
A ship swings with the tide.

Swing

The manner in which something is swung.
He worked tirelessly to improve his golf swing.
Door swing indicates direction the door opens.
The swing of a pendulum

Swing

The sweep or compass of a swinging body.

Swing

A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.

Swing

A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.

Swing

A dance style.

Swing

(music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.

Swing

The amount of change towards or away from something.

Swing

(politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
The polls showed a wide swing to Labour.

Swing

(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.

Swing

Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

Swing

In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.

Swing

A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.

Swing

(obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.

Swing

Influence or power of anything put in motion.

Swing

(boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.

Swing

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or continue swinging longer, in case of exsuction of the air.

Swing

To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.

Swing

To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

Swing

To be hanged.
He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief.

Swing

To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.
He swings his tail, and swiftly turns his round.
They get on ropes, as you must have seen the children, and are swung by their men visitants.

Swing

To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.

Swing

To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; - said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

Swing

The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.

Swing

Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.

Swing

A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.

Swing

Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
The ram that batters down the wall,For the great swing and rudeness of his poise,They place before his hand that made the engine.

Swing

Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

Swing

Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.
To prevent anything which may prove an obstacle to the full swing of his genius.

Swing

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

Swing

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

Swing

A sweeping blow or stroke;
He took a wild swing at my head

Swing

Changing location by moving back and forth

Swing

A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz

Swing

A jaunty rhythm in music

Swing

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

Swing

In baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball;
He took a vicious cut at the ball

Swing

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

Swing

Move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting;
He swung his left fist
Swing a bat

Swing

Move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner;
He swung back

Swing

Change direction with a swinging motion; turn;
Swing back
Swing forward

Swing

Influence decisively;
This action swung many votes over to his side

Swing

Make a big sweeping gesture or movement

Swing

Hang freely;
The ornaments dangled from the tree
The light dropped from the ceiling

Swing

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

Swing

Alternate dramatically between high and low values;
His mood swings
The market is swinging up and down

Swing

Live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style;
The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely

Swing

Have a certain musical rhythm;
The music has to swing

Swing

Be a social swinger; socialize a lot

Swing

Play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm

Swing

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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