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swinging noun

  /ˈswɪŋɪŋ/
  • (sex) An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners, often in a group setting.
 parinvaihto

swing verb

  /ˈswɪŋ/
  • (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
 heiluttaa, keinuttaa
  • (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
 keinua
  • (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
 keinua, heilua
  • (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
 heilahtaa
  • (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
 heilahtaa, heilua, roikkua
  • (transitive, and, intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
 heilauttaa
  • (transitive, slang) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
 hoitaa
  • (intransitive) To dance.
 jorata
  • (intransitive, cricket, of a ball) To move sideways in its trajectory.
 kiertyä
  • (transitive, cricket) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
 kiertyä, lyödä kierre
  • (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
 muuttaa
  • (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
 pyöräyttää
  • (transitive, music) 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.
 svengata

swing noun

  /ˈswɪŋ/
  • A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
  • A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
 keinu
  • (boxing) A type of hook with the arm more extended.
 heijari, sivukoukku, swingi
  • The amount of change towards or away from something.
  • The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
 heilahdus
  • The manner in which something is swung.
 heilautus, swingi
  • (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
 kierre
  • An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
  • (music) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
 swing
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