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Substantiivit

1. The manner in which something is swung.
2. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
3. A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
4. A dance style.
5. (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
6. The amount of change towards or away from something.
7. (politics) In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
8. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
9. The diameter that a lathe can cut.
10. In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
11. A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
12. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
13. (obsolete) Free course; unrestrained liberty.

Verbit

1. (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
2. (intransitive) To dance.
3. (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
4. (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
5. (intransitive) To hang from the gallows.
6. (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
7. (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
8. (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
9. (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
10. (transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
11. (transitive, music) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
12. (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
13. (transitive and intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
14. (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
15. (transitive, engineering) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
16. (transitive, carpentry) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
17. (nautical) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.