swingy
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[edit]swingy (comparative swingier, superlative swingiest)
- (informal) Having a swinging motion.
- 2007, The Official Xbox Magazine: Issues 75-78:
- the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando
- 2011, Karen Karbo, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel, page 169:
- Which is not to say that a long rope of pearls is the obvious solution—too long and too swingy and you risk looking like you're on your way to a costume party dressed as a flapper.
- (informal) Characteristic of swing music.
- 1942, Billboard, volume 54, number 15:
- Fly has a swingy rhythm and some swell guitar work in its instrumental interludes.
- (informal, politics) Having many swing voters.
- 2013, Larry J. Sabato, Barack Obama and the New America:
- […] redrawing the congressional maps to add at least slightly more Republican votes to the potentially swingy districts of freshmen […]
- 2018 July 6, David Weigel, “The votes from California’s primary are finally in. Here’s what we learned.”, in The Washington Post[1]:
- The more than 2 million ballots that remained uncounted on election night are down to 6,037 votes in Lake County, a small but swingy region north of the San Francisco Bay area.
- (curling, of ice) Allowing stones to curl more than usual.