Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to swing at sb
Participle: swung at sb
Gerund: swinging at sb
Indicative
Present
| I | swing at sb |
| you | swing at sb |
| he;she;it | swings at sb |
| we | swing at sb |
| you | swing at sb |
| they | swing at sb |
Perfect
| I | have swung at sb |
| you | have swung at sb |
| he;she;it | has swung at sb |
| we | have swung at sb |
| you | have swung at sb |
| they | have swung at sb |
Past
| I | swung at sb |
| you | swung at sb |
| he;she;it | swung at sb |
| we | swung at sb |
| you | swung at sb |
| they | swung at sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had swung at sb |
| you | had swung at sb |
| he;she;it | had swung at sb |
| we | had swung at sb |
| you | had swung at sb |
| they | had swung at sb |
Future
| I | will swing at sb |
| you | will swing at sb |
| he;she;it | will swing at sb |
| we | will swing at sb |
| you | will swing at sb |
| they | will swing at sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have swung at sb |
| you | will have swung at sb |
| he;she;it | will have swung at sb |
| we | will have swung at sb |
| you | will have swung at sb |
| they | will have swung at sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | swing at sb |
| you | swing at sb |
| he;she;it | swing at sb |
| we | swing at sb |
| you | swing at sb |
| they | swing at sb |
Perfect
| I | have swung at sb |
| you | have swung at sb |
| he;she;it | have swung at sb |
| we | have swung at sb |
| you | have swung at sb |
| they | have swung at sb |
Imperfect
| I | swung at sb |
| you | swung at sb |
| he;she;it | swung at sb |
| we | swung at sb |
| you | swung at sb |
| they | swung at sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had swung at sb |
| you | had swung at sb |
| he;she;it | had swung at sb |
| we | had swung at sb |
| you | had swung at sb |
| they | had swung at sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would swing at sb |
| you | would swing at sb |
| he;she;it | would swing at sb |
| we | would swing at sb |
| you | would swing at sb |
| they | would swing at sb |
Perfect
| I | would have swung at sb |
| you | would have swung at sb |
| he;she;it | would have swung at sb |
| we | would have swung at sb |
| you | would have swung at sb |
| they | would have swung at sb |
Imperative
| you | swing at sb |
| we | Let's swing at sb |
| you | swing at sb |
Verbs conjugated like 'swing'
cling,
dig,
fling,
hamstring,
sling,
slink,
stick,
sting,
string,
swing,
underdig,
unstick,
unstring,
wring,
foind,
outfling,
overswing,
restick,
restring,
undersling, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'swing'
sing,
sling,
sting,
swang,
swig,
swind,
wing,
bewing,
bing,
boing,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- be executed
- gallows, hang, take a ride to Tyburn, die by hanging
- sway
- undulation, oscillation, wave, motion, vibration, rhythm, lilt, beat
- hang
- dangle, suspend, flap
Additional Information
Cf. Old English strong verb clingan (cling), slincan (slink), spinnan (spin), stingan (sting), swingan (swing), gewinnan (win) and
wringan (wring).
Etymology
1. O.E.
swingan "to rush, fling oneself," from P.Gmc.
*swenganan (cf. O.S., O.H.G.
swingan, O.Fris.
swinga, Ger.
schwingen "to swing, swingle, oscillate") denoting "violent circulatory motion." The meaning "move freely back and forth" is first recorded 1545. The noun meaning "a stroke with a weapon" is from 1375; sense of "an apparatus that swings" is first recorded 1687. Meaning "shift of public opinion" is from 1899. The meaning "variety of big dance-band music with a swinging rhythm" is first recorded 1933, though the sense has been traced back to 1888; its heyday was from mid-30s to mid-40s.
Swinging "uninhibited" dates from 1958; and
swinger "person who is lively in an unrestrained way" is from 1965. Both had various other slang senses traceable to 1590s.
Swing shift first recorded 1941, typically 4 p.m. to midnight. Phrase
in full swing "in total effect or operation" (1570) is probably from bell-ringing.
2. From 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. See: Middle English '
swyngen', Old English '
swingan', Proto-Germanic '
*swinganą', Low Saxon 'swingen', German, old spelling '
schwingen', Dutch '
zwingen', Swedish '
svinga'.
Verbs referencing "swing"
German, old spelling
schwingen, Esperanto
svingi, Finnish with old forms
svengata, Dutch
swingen, German, old spelling
swingen, Swedish
svinga.
Sample Sentences
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I had previously been into another chamber, where a number of blind boys were swinging, and climbing, and engaged in various sports. They all clamoured, as we entered, to the assistant-master, who accompanied us, ‘Look at me, Mr. Hart! Please, Mr. Hart, look at me ! ’ evincing, I [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It was now early spring, and the river was swollen and turbulent; great cakes of floating ice were swinging heavily to and fro in the turbid waters. Owing to the peculiar form of the shore on the Kentucky side, the land bending far out into the water, the ice had been lodged and detained in great [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] men are brought out to die. The wretched creature stands beneath the gibbet on the ground; the rope about his neck; and when the sign is given, a weight at its other end comes running down, and swings him up into the air—a corpse.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] coach drives up to the door of an inn. The day is warm, and there are several idlers lingering about the tavern, and waiting for the public dinner. Among them, is a stout gentleman in a brown hat, swinging himself to and fro in a rocking-chair on the pavement.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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BROWN HAT. (Still swinging; speaking very slowly; and without any emotion whatever. ) Yes, sir.
(American Notes for General Circulation)