swinger
Americannoun
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a person or thing that swings.
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Slang. a lively, active, and modern person whose activities are fashionable or trendy.
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Slang.
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a person who indulges in promiscuous sex.
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a person who engages in the exchanging of spouses for sexual activities.
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noun
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a person regarded as being modern and lively
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a person who swaps sexual partners in a group, esp habitually
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of swinger
First recorded in 1535–45 swinger for def. 1; 1955–60 swinger for def. 2; swing 1 + -er 1
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A full away swinger was nicked to first slip by number eight Shardul Thakur.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
Hernández, who in another parallel to Pages is a free swinger himself, once again backed up that message.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
Ford, a lefty swinger, has been tearing up the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League with a .302/.427/.605 line and a 143 wRC+, with 13 homers and 56 RBIs in 49 games.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
But as the amplitude increases, the optimal timing shifts to favor leaning back earlier, when the swinger is at the highest point in her backswing.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 6, 2023
In the words of the elevator boy, impersonal observer and swinger of doors, "I never seen the old man like that before!"
From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick
The king of the swingers has been uncharacteristically treading water for days at around $20,000 and hasn't ventured far beyond that since June.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2022
It will be no different in the Derby, where he’ll be among some of baseball’s heavyweight swingers.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
In one episode in 2018 the Smiths sought to dispel rumors, noting that they are neither swingers nor Scientologists, after reports over the years that they had donated money to causes affiliated with Scientology.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2022
"How dare an American take advantage of a chance to shake hands with a sitting president lol horrifying display. Already burning my swingers and wedding crashers vhs's," someone else wrote, referencing some of Vaughn's movies.
From Fox News ● Jan. 14, 2020
And with him went the monks and the musicians, and the candle-bearers, and the swingers of censers, and a great company.
From A House of Pomegranates by Wilde, Oscar
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