free-swinging

[free-swing-ing]

adjective

1. recklessly daring in action or style.

   free-swinging stock market speculators.

Other Word Forms

• free-swinger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of free-swinging¹

First recorded in 1945–50; free(wheeling) + swinging

Example Sentences

At the end of the sixth inning, he had thrown only 69 pitches while mowing through a free-swinging Rockies lineup.

From Los Angeles Times

The Timberwolves ran through Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves like free-swinging turnstiles, and ran 40-year-old LeBron James off because of too many minutes.

From Los Angeles Times

So why is Trump’s free-swinging rhetoric failing?

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe one of their free-swinging sluggers gets traded for an arm.

From Seattle Times

But the free-swinging Phillies let prime opportunities go to waste.

From Seattle Times