swung

Arced through air

Swung is the past tense and past participle of swing.

Something swung has moved in an arc or changed direction: The door swung open, Opinion swung against the war.

In jazz, music that swung had rhythmic drive and groove: That band really swung.

motion

momentum

Product of mass, velocity

pendulumSuspended swinging weight
oscillateMove rhythmically between extremes
swayRock back and forth

pivot · fling · sling · propel · thrust · force · velocity · accelerate · whirl · twirl

arc

sweep

Brush clean with broom

curveSmooth, angleless line
arcCurved line segment
trajectoryPath of moving object

pendulum · radius · semicircle · loop · pivot · rotation · circumference · bend · crescent · sector

jazz

syncopation

Stressed unexpected beats

grooveNarrow cut or routine
beatRhythmic pulse or strike
shuffleRandomize by mixing

improvisation · bebop · blues · tempo · backbeat · phrasing · big band · Ellington · Goodman · bandstand

Categories

past tense verbswent, got, had, did, said
past participlesbeen, done, gone, seen, taken
___ turnedrotated, pivoted, faced, angled, oriented
old past tensesspake, begat, drave, clave, gat
dance movespirouette, shimmy, waltz, tango, cha-cha

Opposites

motion/movement

swungfroze

Became solid or still

rested · stopped · paused · stayed put · steadied

directional commitment

Kept from advancing

avoided · refrained · pulled back · checked · withheld

directness of motion

Forceful forward motion

jabbed · stabbed · poked · lunged

Phrases

swung for the fencesAttempted something ambitious
swung both waysSexually interested in all genders

Family

swing, swinging, swings, swinger, swingers, overswing

Familiarity: Top 5,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G