swing

/swɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/swɪŋ/

swing

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

US voice -> swing

Myanmar meaning

(n) လွဲှခြင်း (v) လွဲှ

Full entry

swing /swÇŋ/ v (pt, pp swung /swʌŋ/)

၁။ လွှဲသည်။ ယမ်းသည်။ His arms swung/ He swung his arms as he walked. ❍ The bucket was swinging from the end of a rope. ❍ The gymnast swung round on the parallel bars.
၂။ လွှဲသည်။ လွှားခနဲခုန်သည်။ The ape swung (along) from branch to branch. ❍ He swung himself (up) into the saddle.
၃။ လွှားခနဲပြေးသည်။ ဖြတ်သည်။ The riders swung past us and away into the distance.
၄။ လွှဲ သည်။ ယမ်းသည်။ A car swung sharply round the corner. ❍ The boom swung across. ❍ She swung the axe (above her head). ❍ He swung the camera round in a broad arc. ❍ The door (was) swung open/ shut.
၅။ ~ (sth) (at sb/ sth) (တအား) ထိုးသည်၊ ရိုက်သည်။ She swung at me with her fist. ❍ They started swinging punches (at each other).
၆။ ~ around/ round ချာခနဲ လှည့်သည်။ She swung round (on him) angrily. ❍ He swung round to confront his accusers.
၇။ ~ (sb) (from sth) to sth ; ~ (sb) around/ round (to sth) ပြောင်းလဲသည်။ ပြောင်းသည်။ Voters have/ Voting has swung to the left. ❍ He swings from wild optimism to total despair. ❍ Can you swing them round to my point of view?
၈။ မြူးမြူးကြွကြွ တီး သည်။ a band/ tune that really swings.
၉။ (infml ) ဆောင်ကြဉ်းပေးသည်။ ဖန်တီးပေးသည်။ I need to interview the play's director — can you swing it for me?
n
၁။ [C] လွှဲ ခြင်း။ He took a wild swing at the ball. ❍ the swing of a pendulum ❍ walk with slight swing of the hips.
၂။ [C] ဒန်း။ children playing/ riding on the swings.
၃။ [U] မြူးမြူးကြွကြွ ဂျတ္ဇ်တေးသံ။
၄။ [U, sing] မြူးကြွသော နရီစည်း။ music with a swing (to it).
၅။ [C] ပြောင်းလဲခြင်း။ Voting showed a 10% swing to Labour. ❍ He is liable to abrupt swings of mood/ mood swings (eg from happiness to despair).
❏ get in/ into the swing (of sth) [IDM ] (infml ) နေသား တကျ ဖြစ်သည်။ နေသားကျသည်။ I've only been here for a week, so I haven't got into the swing of things yet.
❏ go with a swing [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ မြူးကြွသည်။ The party certainly went with a swing.
၂။ မြူးသည်။
❏ swing-door n ဆင်နားရွက်တံခါး။
❏ swinging adj (dated infml ) သက်ဝင်မြူးကြွသော။ the Swinging Sixties (ie 1960s).
❏ swing into action [IDM ] စတင်လှုပ်ရှားသည်။ Immediately after the explosion the anti-terrorist squad swung into action.
❏ swings and roundabouts [IDM ](infml esp Brit) အရှုံးနှင့်အမြတ်ထေခြင်း။ Higher earnings mean more tax, so it's all swings and roundabouts. ❍ What you gain on the swings you may lose on the roundabouts.
❏ swing-wing n တောင်ပံအရှင်။ a swing-wing bomber.

More examples

Swing your arms loosely at your sides.
The rope bridge was swinging in the breeze.
[swing to and fro] : A restaurant sign swung to and fro in the wind.
[swing back and forth] : As she shook her head, her earrings swung back and forth.
[swing at/towards/around/into etc] : Brown swung the ball towards the near post.
[swing something into/around/out etc] : I swung the car into a narrow side street.
[swing towards/round etc] : She swung round and stared angrily at us.
[swing open/shut] : The door swung shut with a loud bang.
[swing something at something/someone] : He swung the bat wildly at the ball, missing it completely.
[swing at] : Mrs Shaw swung at the youth with her umbrella.
She should be able to swing a significant number of women’s votes.
[swing something away from someone/something] : This latest scandal could swing popular support away from them.
[swing from] : My mother’s moods swing from depression to elation.
[swing the other way] : Public opinion has begun to swing the other way (=away from what it was before).

Synonyms

move backward and forward, move back and forth, move to and fro, sway, rock, roll, accomplish, alter, alternate, arrange, avert, away, be pendent, be suspended, beat, blow, bring off, cadence, cadency, change, curve, dangle, deflect, depend, divert, droop, flap, fluctuate, fluctuation, hang, hang down, lilt, lurch, manage, measure, meter, motion, move backwards and forwards, oscillate, oscillation, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, pull off, punch, reel, revolve, rhythm, rotate, sheer, shift, shunt, slap, smack, spin around, strike, stroke, succeed in, suspend, swaying, swerve, swipe, swivel, swivel around, tempo, thump, turn, turn about, turn around, turn on an axis, twirl, undulate, undulation, vacillate, vary, veer, vibrate, vibration, volte-face, wag, waggle, wave, wheel, whirl, whirl around, wiggle, wobble

Antonyms

be still, remain, stabilize, stay, stillness, straighten