Betekenis van swing In het Nederlands

• 0 to move easily and without interruption backwards and forwards or from one side to the other, especially from a fixed point, or to cause something or someone to do this:

  • He walked briskly along swinging his rolled-up umbrella.

  • The door swung open.

  • I swung (the bat) and missed.

  • He swung his fist towards Ben's face.

  • His mood swings between elation and despair.

• 1 to be exciting and enjoyable:

  • You need music to make a party swing.

• 2 to play music in a strong, exciting style like jazz, or (of music) to be played in this way

• 3 to arrange for something to happen, by persuading people and often by acting slightly dishonestly:

  • If you want an interview with Pedro, I could probably swing it (for you).

• 4 a swinging movement

  • The drunk took a wild swing at Harry.

  • He experiences severe mood swings (= sudden changes from one extreme mood to another).

  • The party only needs a five percent swing (= needs five percent of voters to change to supporting it) to win this election.

• 5 a seat joined by two ropes or chains to a metal bar or a tree, on which you can sit and move backwards and forwards

• 6 If an event, especially a party, goes with a swing, it is very exciting and successful:

  • The Festival always goes with a swing.

• 7 a type of dance music that was popular in the 1930s and 40s

• 8 to move easily to one direction and then to the other from a fixed point, or to cause something to move this way:

  • [ I ] He hung upside down and swung back and forth.

  • [ I ] The heavy door swung open.

  • [ T ] Campanella knew how to swing a bat.

  • [ T ] He swung the car into the garage.

• 9 to change from one condition or attitude to another:

  • The company swung from record profits last year to huge losses this year.

• 10 to be exciting, enjoyable, and active

• 11 to arrange to obtain or achieve something:

  • The kids need new clothes, and I don’t see how I can swing it.

• 12 a form of jazz music that was popular esp. in the 1930s and 1940s

• 13 a usually sudden change:

  • He’s very creative but prone to mood swings.

• 14 a swinging movement:

  • Scott took a big swing at the ball and missed.

  • This guy took a swing at me.

  • Ed took a 10-day swing through France.

• 15 to change, or make a situation, price, opinion, etc. change in a noticeable way:

  • swing into profit/deficit The internet company swung into profit for the first time since its start-up.

  • swing from sth to sth The group swung from losses of 0.8p to earnings of 2.9p a share.

  • The war was the biggest issue threatening to swing voters.

• 16 to achieve the result you want, especially by successfully persuading someone of something:

  • The bidder was presented with a list of added benefits that would help swing the deal in their favour.

• 17 a big and sudden change in a situation, price, opinion, etc.:

  • Coffee futures once again staged a huge price swing with uncertainty over export controls.

  • a swing into the red/black He also announced a swing into the black in the year to February.

  • a swing towards/against sb/sth Evidence of the swing towards short-term temporary employment comes in a survey showing record demand for temporary staff.

• 18 happening at the highest level of activity:

  • The report confirms that the economic recovery is in full swing.