Meaning

noun a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity

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

noun a sweeping blow or stroke

originFrom Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (compare Low German swingen, German schwingen, Dutch zwingen, Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *swenk-, *sweng- (compare Scottish Gaelic seang (“thin”)). Related to swink.

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