swing

1. (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.Examples: "The plant swung in the breeze."; "With one accord the tribe swung rapidly toward the frightened cries, and there found Terkoz holding an old female by the hair and beating her unmercifully with his great hands."; "The starliner swung into orbit around the planet Coruscant, and beyond the observation bubble appeared a glittering expanse of a billion golden lights. Through a thousand centuries of strife, those lights continued to shine."intransitive

2. (intransitive) To dance.intransitive

3. (intransitive) To ride on a swing.Examples: "The children laughed as they swung."intransitive

4. (intransitive, sex) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.Examples: "We find it difficult to meet couples our age, and often swing with single, straight men. We have rules: no married guys cheating on their wives, no one too young or too old, and no one who supports Trump."; "My husband wasn’t so lucky and didn’t get to swing at all so was very disappointed. I’m desperate to do it all again but he’s not so keen."intransitive

5. (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.Examples: "“It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!” Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts."Synonyms: dance on a rope, dance on nothing, dance the hempen jig, dance the Tyburn jig, dance upon nothing, dangle, hang, ride a horse foaled by an acornintransitive

6. (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.intransitive