Synonyms for swinging
swing·ing

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1. swing, swinging, vacillationadjective

   changing location by moving back and forth

   Synonyms:
   hesitation, golf stroke, lilt, baseball swing, golf shot, wavering, jive, cut, vacillation, swing, swing music

   Antonyms:
   unrhythmical, unrhythmic

2. lilting, swinging, swingy, trippingadjective

   characterized by a buoyant rhythm

   "an easy lilting stride"; "the flute broke into a light lilting air"; "a swinging pace"; "a graceful swingy walk"; "a tripping singing measure"

   Synonyms:
   tripping, swingy, lightsome, lilting, light

   Antonyms:
   unrhythmical, unrhythmic

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1. swingingadjective

   Synonyms:
   oscillatory, oscillating, vibratory

2. swingingnoun

   Synonyms:
   oscillation, vibration

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1. List of paraphrases for "swinging":

   oscillation, tail

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How to use swinging in a sentence?

1. Joey Logano:

   There was n’t too much talking, just a lot of swinging.

2. Yolanda Young:

   He was down, but then he jumped up, like he was juiced up, and then he started swinging at the police and they were fighting him back. ... They shot him five times.

3. Matthew Friedell:

   In active or simulated combat environments, we don’t want Marines out there swinging hammers and holding plywood up, having a concrete printer that can make buildings on demand is a huge advantage for Marines operating down range.

4. Larry Glickman:

   We're in a moment where the pendulum is [ swinging ] towards a more favorable view of what government can do.

5. Dustin Johnson:

   I've got a lot of confidence in the game right now, i feel like I'm swinging really well.