swinging (verb)
41swing — I UK [swɪŋ] / US verb Word forms swing : present tense I/you/we/they swing he/she/it swings present participle swinging past tense swung UK [swʌŋ] / US past participle swung *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to move, or to make something move,… …
42slash — [slæʃ] verb I 1) [T] mainly journalism to reduce something by a large amount The budget had been slashed by £3 million.[/ex] 2) [T] to cut something in a violent way The tyres on the car had been slashed.[/ex] 3) [I/T] to try to cut or hit… …
43oscillatory — os·cil·late (ŏs’ə lāt′) intr.v. os·cil·lat·ed, os·cil·lat·ing, os·cil·lates 1) To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm. 2) To waver, as between conflicting opinions or courses of action; vacillate: » The court has oscillated… …
44jump rope — noun 1. a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it • Syn: ↑skip rope, ↑skipping rope • Hypernyms: ↑rope 2. a child s game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a… …
45crane´like´ — crane «krayn», noun, verb. craned, cran|ing. –n. 1. a) a machine with a long, swinging arm, for lifting and moving heavy weights. SYNONYM(S): derrick. b) any one of various other kinds of machines that lift, such as a traveling crane. 2. a… …
46bunt — I. noun Etymology: perhaps from Low German, bundle, from Middle Low German; akin to Old English byndel bundle Date: circa 1582 1. a. the middle part of a square sail b. the part of a furled sail gathered up in a bunch at the center of the yard 2 …
47hinge — I. noun Etymology: Middle English heng; akin to Middle Dutch henge hook, Old English hangian to hang Date: 14th century 1. a. a jointed or flexible device on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns b. a flexible ligamentous joint c. a… …
48roll — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rolle, from Anglo French roule, rolle, from Medieval Latin rolla, alteration of rotula, from Latin, diminutive of rota wheel; akin to Old High German rad wheel, Welsh rhod, Sanskrit ratha wagon Date: 13th century …
49shake — I. verb (shook; shaken; shaking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceacan; akin to Old Norse skaka to shake Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to move irregularly to and fro 2. to vibrate especially as the result of a blow… …
50sway — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sweigh, from sweyen Date: 14th century 1. the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed ; an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion 2. an inclination or deflection caused by or as if by swaying 3 …
