swinger

American  

[swing-er] / ˈswɪŋ ər /

noun

swingers plural

1. a person or thing that swings.

2. Slang. a lively, active, and modern person whose activities are fashionable or trendy.

3. Slang.

   1. a person who indulges in promiscuous sex.

   2. a person who engages in the exchanging of spouses for sexual activities.

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swinger British  

/ ˈswɪŋə /

noun

1. a person regarded as being modern and lively

2. a person who swaps sexual partners in a group, esp habitually

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• swingers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of swinger

First recorded in 1535–45 swinger for def. 1; 1955–60 swinger for def. 2; swing ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Later, Swinger became the head of the Center for the Absorption of Federal Funds, and Greenberg collected his musings and advice in The Grant Swinger Papers, a 1983 book.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 23, 2020

Public comments may still be sent to www.in.gov/oucc/2621.htm, though the office’s spokesman, Anthony Swinger, said his office can’t guarantee those comments will be part of its presentation to the regulatory commission.

From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2018

Mr. Schumann titled his memoir “The Ghetto Swinger: A Berlin Jazz-Legend Remembers” and continued performing well into old age.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2018

His autobiography, The Ghetto Swinger: A Berlin Jazz-Legend Remembers, was first published in 1997 and became a bestseller.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2018

Jerry Swinger, whom natural talent and the wish of the party seemed to indicate as leader, marched the expedition towards the avenue which had been made in the bushes by the ruffians.

From Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue by Ashton, Warren T.