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swing
verb- to enjoy frequent casual sex with different partners UK, 1964
- My third sex life is swinging in the group-sex kick. — Allen S. Dunhill and Roger Blake, The Group Sex Kick, p. 13, 1968
- So now “swinging”–or sharing sexual partners–is the new topic for discussion in “smart circles.” — Screw, p. 19, 10 November 1969
- Terry, a new stewardess who isn’t swinging–yet–has a blow up with her mother and leaves home to stay with Gussy, another “stew.” — Adam Film Quarterly, p. 14, September 1969
- Swinging is a very open thing today and it is not difficult at all for newcomers to enter the swinging scene. — Bernhardt J. Hurwood, The Sensuous New York, p. 136, 1973
- You know, l’amour?! I’m talkin’ me ’n Dot are Swingers! As in “to Swing”! Wife- swappin’! What they call nowadays Open Marriage! — Raising Arizona, 1987
- That’s what I do. I swing. — Austin Powers, 1997
- to have fun, especially in a currently fashionable or unconventional activity; hence, to be fashionable US, 1957
- That’s the craziest name in town! It swings! — Rebel Without a Cause, 1955
- England swings like a pendulum do. — Roger Miller, England Swings, 1965
- to accomplish something, especially something that is difficult UK, 1933
- I bust my ass all day to take home a hundred and seventy bucks a week and I just can’t swing the kind of money it costs. — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Doyle, p. 33, 1971
- Oh, man, if you could swing something there, I’d do anything for you. — Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982
- Jesus Christ, you taking all your advertisers? I don’t know if I can swing that many, but I’ll try. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 165, 1999
- to be executed by hanging UK, 1542
Hanging has been the principal form of execution in the British Isles since the C5; the death penalty was abolished in the UK in 1965 (except for crimes of treason, piracy with violence and arson in the Royal Dockyards). - If you give yourself up you’ll swing as sure as Christmas. — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, 1959
- to play jazz with feeling and a basic understanding of the medium US, 1933
- When we talked about a musician who played hot, we would say he could swing or he couldn’t swing, meaning what kind of effect did he have on the band. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 142, 1946
- to cheat or swindle someone US
- “I got swung, too,” Chico answered, ignoring the question. “Yeah, how come?” “Icepick said he knew a guy and I gave him the money to give to him and he blew.” — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 44, 1952
- to steal something US
Casino usage. - — Lee Solkey, Dummy Up and Deal, p. 121, 1980
- in high-low poker, to declare for both high and low US
- — John Scarne, Scarne’s Guide to Modern Poker, p. 289, 1979
▶ swing both ways
to be bisexual UK, 1972- [I]n North Carolina a hot dog is free to swing both ways. Nothing in France is free from sexual assignment. — David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day, p. 189, 2001
▶ swing it- to malinger; to shirk responsibility; to evade duty UK
Variation of SWING THE LEAD- MILLIGAN: Didn’t you know. I’m recovering from the war. TAYLOR: Stop swinging it. MILLIGAN: No, straight up. — Graeme Kent, The Queen’s Corporal [Six Granada Plays], p. 82, 1959
- to achieve something by trickery or influence UK
- With a bit of luck I can swing it to get you sent back. — Graeme Kent, The Queen’s Corporal [Six Granada Plays], p. 84, 1959
▶ swing the lead
to malinger; to shirk responsibility; to evade duty UK, 1917
Popular etymology holds this to be the “sounding-lead” with which the depth of water is measured; in practice ‘heaving the lead’ is a skilled task. The term certainly has naval origins. |