swingy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ˈswɪŋi/
Definition of swingy
6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(informal)Having a swinging motion.
“the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando”
“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.”
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adj
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(informal)Having a swinging motion.
“the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando”
“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.”
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(informal)Characteristic of swing music.
“Fly has a swingy rhythm and some swell guitar work in its instrumental interludes.”
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(informal)Having many swing voters.
“[…] redrawing the congressional maps to add at least slightly more Republican votes to the potentially swingy districts of freshmen […]”
“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.”
- Allowing stones to curl more than usual.
- Inconsistent in performance.
- Variable in mood; liable to having mood swings.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From swing + -y.
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