influence decisively
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

swing

swing over

sample sentences

"This action swung many votes over to his side"

the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)
<noun.time>

evening shift

swing shift

a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other
<noun.person>

floating voter

swing voter

burn superficially or lightly
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

singe

swinge

sample sentences

"I singed my eyebrows"

severe; punishingly bad
<adj.all>

swingeing

sample sentences

"swingeing taxation"
"swingeing damages awarded by the judge"

a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
<noun.person>

swinger

tramp

someone who swings sports implements
<noun.person>

swinger

characterized by a buoyant rhythm
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lilting

swinging

swingy

tripping

sample sentences

"an easy lilting stride"
"the flute broke into a light lilting air"
"a swinging pace"
"a graceful swingy walk"
"a tripping singing measure"

changing location by moving back and forth
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

swing

swinging

vacillation

a chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at two corners
<noun.substance>

swinging chad

a door that swings on a double hinge; opens in either direction
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

swing door

swinging door

the gatepost on which the gate is hung
<noun.artifact>

hinging post

swinging post

a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling
<noun.artifact>

swingletree

whiffletree

whippletree

characterized by a buoyant rhythm
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lilting

swinging

swingy

tripping

sample sentences

"an easy lilting stride"
"the flute broke into a light lilting air"
"a swinging pace"
"a graceful swingy walk"
"a tripping singing measure"

resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
<adj.all>

hoggish

piggish

piggy

porcine

swinish

sample sentences

"piggish table manners"
"the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"
"swinish slavering over food"

ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

boorish

loutish

neandertal

neanderthal

oafish

swinish

sample sentences

"was boorish and insensitive"
"the loutish manners of a bully"
"her stupid oafish husband"
"aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

a sweeping stroke or blow
<noun.act>

swipe

strike with a swiping motion
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

swipe

make off with belongings of others
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

abstract

cabbage

filch

hook

lift

nobble

pilfer

pinch

purloin

snarf

sneak

swipe

the shape of something rotating rapidly
<noun.shape>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

convolution

swirl

vortex

whirl

flow in a circular current, of liquids
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

eddy

purl

swirl

whirl

whirlpool

turn in a twisting or spinning motion
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

swirl

twiddle

twirl

whirl

sample sentences

"The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

elegant and fashionable
<adj.all>

classy

posh

swish

sample sentences

"classy clothes"
"a classy dame"
"a posh restaurant"
"a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child

a brushing or rustling sound
<noun.event>

swish

move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound
<verb.perception>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lap

swish

swoosh

swosh

sample sentences

"The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"
"The curtain swooshed open"

resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle
<adj.all>

swishy

sample sentences

"swishing windshield wipers"
"a swishy skirt"

control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

electric switch

electrical switch

switch

an event in which one thing is substituted for another
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

permutation

replacement

substitution

switch

transposition

sample sentences

"the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

the act of changing one thing or position for another
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

shift

switch

switching

sample sentences

"his switch on abortion cost him the election"

a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other
<noun.act>

switch

a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
<noun.artifact>

switch

railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
<noun.artifact>

switch

hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure
<noun.artifact>

switch

change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

exchange

switch

switch over

exchange or give (something) in exchange for
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

swap

switch

swop

trade

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2

change

shift

switch

sample sentences

"switch to a different brand of beer"
"She switched psychiatrists"
"The car changed lanes"

make a shift in or exchange of
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

change over

shift

switch

sample sentences

"First Joe led
then we switched"

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
<verb.change>

alternate

flip

flip-flop

interchange

switch

tack

flog with or as if with a flexible rod
<verb.contact>

switch

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

flip

switch

throw

sample sentences

"switch on the light"
"throw the lever"

small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States
<noun.plant>

Arundinaria tecta

small cane

switch cane

a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard
<noun.artifact>

donkey engine

switch engine

grass of western America used for hay
<noun.plant>

Panicum virgatum

switch grass

cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 2

cut

switch off

turn off

turn out

sample sentences

"Turn off the stereo, please"
"cut the engine"
"turn out the lights"

cause to operate by flipping a switch
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 5

switch on

turn on

sample sentences

"switch on the light"
"turn on the stereo"

change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

exchange

switch

switch over