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swim·wear noun : clothing for wear while swimming or bathing

1swindle verb swin·dled; swin·dling [ORIGIN: fr. swindler, fr. G Schwindler giddy person, fr. schwindeln to be dizzy]

: to take money or property from by fraud or deceit : CHEAT

Synonyms

bleed, cheat, chisel, cozen, defraud, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, victimize—more at FLEECE

2swindle noun : an act or instance of swindling

Synonyms

hustle, racket

swin·dler noun : one that swindles

Synonyms

cheat, dodger, hoaxer, shark, sharper, trickster—more at TRICKSTER

swine noun, plural swine 1 : any of a family of stout short-legged hoofed mammals with bristly skin and a long flexible snout; especially : one widely raised as a meat animal

2 : a contemptible person

— swin·ish adjective

1swing verb swung ; swing·ing 1 : to move or cause to move rapidly in an arc

2 : to sway or cause to sway back and forth

3 : to hang so as to move freely back and forth or in a curve

4 : to be executed by hanging

5 : to move or turn on a hinge or pivot

6 : to manage or handle successfully

7 : to march or walk with free swaying movements

8 : to have a steady pulsing rhythm; also : to play swing music

9 : to be lively and up-to-date; also : to engage freely in sex

10 : to cause to face or move in another direction

— swing·er noun

— swing·ing adjective

Synonyms

[3] dangle, hang, sling, suspend—more at HANG

[6] contend, cope, grapple, handle, manage, maneuver, negotiate, treat—more at HANDLE

[10] divert, swerve, turn, veer, wheel, whip—more at TURN

2swing noun 1 : the act of swinging

2 : a swinging blow, movement, or rhythm

3 : the distance through which something swings : FLUCTUATION

4 : progression of an activity or process

5 : a seat suspended by a rope or chain for swinging back and forth for pleasure

6 : jazz music played esp. by a large band and marked by a steady lively rhythm, simple harmony, and a basic melody often submerged in improvisation

3swing adjective 1 : of or relating to swing music

2 : that may swing often decisively either way (as on an issue) <~ voters>

1swipe noun : a strong sweeping blow

2swipe verb swiped; swip·ing 1 : to strike or wipe with a sweeping motion

2 : to take or appropriate without right and with intent to keep : PILFER

3 : to slide (a card having a magnetic code) through a reading device

Synonyms

appropriate, filch, hook, misappropriate, nip, pilfer, pocket, purloin, snitch, steal, thieve—more at STEAL

swirl verb : to move or cause to move with a whirling motion

— swirl noun

— swirly adjective

Synonyms

pivot, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, swing, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl—more at TURN

1swish noun 1 : a prolonged hissing sound

2 : a light sweeping or brushing sound

Synonyms

fizz, hiss, sizzle, whish, whiz—more at HISS

2swish verb : to move, pass, swing, or whirl with the sound of a swish

Swiss noun 1 plural Swiss : a native or inhabitant of Switzerland

2 : a hard cheese with large holes

— Swiss adjective

Swiss chard noun : a beet having large leaves and succulent stalks often cooked as a vegetable

1switch noun 1 : a slender flexible whip, rod, or twig

2 : a blow with a switch

3 : a shift from one thing to another; also : change from the usual

4 : a device for adjusting the rails of a track so that a locomotive or train may be turned from one track to another; also : a railroad siding

5 : a device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit

6 : a heavy strand of hair often used in addition to a person's own hair for some coiffures

Synonyms

lash, scourge, whip

2switch verb 1 : to punish or urge on with a switch

2 : WHISK

3 : to shift or turn by operating a switch

4 : to make a shift in or exchange of : CHANGE

Synonyms

[1] flail, flog, hide, lash, scourge, slash, thrash, whale, whip—more at WHIP

[4] change, commute, exchange, shift, substitute, swap, trade—more at CHANGE

switch·back noun

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