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Webster 1913 Edition
Swinger
Swing′er
,Noun.
One who swings or whirls.
Swin′ger
,Noun.
1.
One who swinges.
2.
Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
[Obs. or Colloq.]
Herrick.
A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.
–>Webster 1828 Edition
Swinger
SWING'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
swinger
swinger
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Noun
swinger (plural swingers)
- One who swings.
- 2009, Peter Handke, Krishna Winston, Crossing the Sierra de Gredos (page 438)
- And now that swing appears on a certain playground in the dusk, still swinging without the swinger, who has disappeared […]
- 2009, Peter Handke, Krishna Winston, Crossing the Sierra de Gredos (page 438)
- A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
- A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
- A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
Translations
person who practices swinging
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Etymology 2
Noun
swinger (plural swingers)
- One who swinges.
- (obsolete, slang) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Herrick to this entry?)