swingy

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈswɪŋi/

Definition of swingy

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (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

  1. (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.”
  2. (informal)Characteristic of swing music.
    “Fly has a swingy rhythm and some swell guitar work in its instrumental interludes.”
  3. (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.”
  4. Allowing stones to curl more than usual.
  5. Inconsistent in performance.
  6. Variable in mood; liable to having mood swings.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From swing + -y.

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