Swung

What it means

1. (verb) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. “The plant swung in the breeze.”
2. (verb) To dance.
3. (verb) To ride on a swing. “The children laughed as they swung.”
4. (verb) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
5. (verb) To hang from the gallows.
6. (verb) (of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
7. (verb) To fluctuate or change. “It wasn't long before the crowd's mood swung towards restless irritability.”
8. (verb) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave. “He swung his sword as hard as he could.”
9. (verb) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
10. (verb) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially. “If it’s not too expensive, I think we can swing it.”
11. (verb) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
12. (verb) (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.

Letter analysis

• Swung contains 5 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
• It uses 5 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 1.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 9.

Sub-words

• gnus
• guns
• snug
• sung
• gnu
• gun
• sun

Related words

Other 5-letter words

• abaci
• aback
• abaft
• abase
• abash
• abate
• abbey
• abbot
• abeam
• abets
• abhor
• abide
• abler
• abode
• abort
• about
• above
• abuse

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Words starting with SWU

• swum

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Words ending with UNG

• bung
• clung
• dung
• flung
• hamstrung
• hung
• lung
• mung
• overhung
• rung
• shantung
• slung
• sprung
• strung
• stung
• sung
• unstrung
• unsung

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