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Webster 1913 Edition


Swinger

Swing′er

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Noun.
One who swings or whirls.

Swin′ger

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Noun.
1.
One who swinges.
2.
Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
[Obs. or Colloq.]
Herrick.
A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos. 4.
A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Swinger

SWING'ER

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Noun.
One who swings; one who hurls.

Definition 2024


swinger

swinger

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)

Noun

swinger (plural swingers)

  1. 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 []
  2. A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
  3. A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
  4. A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
Translations

Etymology 2

swinge + -er

Noun

swinger (plural swingers)

  1. One who swinges.
  2. (obsolete, slang) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Herrick to this entry?)

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