swinger

[ swing-er ]

/ ˈswɪŋ ər /

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noun

a person or thing that swings.

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

Slang.

a person who indulges in promiscuous sex.
a person who engages in the exchanging of spouses for sexual activities.

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Origin of swinger

1535–45 for def. 1; 1955–60 for def. 2; swing¹ + -er¹

Words nearby swinger

swing bridge, swing by, swing door, swinge, swingeing, swinger, swinging, swinging door, swinging voter, swing into action, swingle

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How to use swinger in a sentence

Also, in a nod to The Ice Storm and other touchstones of ’70s suburbia, they’re swingers.
You Season 3 Is the Best Installment Yet—and a Brilliant Send-Up of Suburbia|Judy Berman|October 17, 2021|Time
The monogamous or safe-only gay man is a far safer bet than the unprotected hetero swinger.
The Outrageous Celibacy Requirement for Gay Blood Donors|Jay Michaelson|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He and Nixon gossip about Henry Kissinger, who Nixon calls “a swinger.”
The Nixon Home Movies: Glimpses of Tragedy in ‘Our Nixon’|Eleanor Clift|August 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Moore would advertise the parties on swinger websites, and claims to have earned $100,000 in the first six months.
Hunter Moore, Creator of ‘Revenge Porn’ Website Is Anyone Up?, Is the Internet’s Public Enemy No. 1|Marlow Stern|March 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST

He discusses his re-election and his Republican rivals, “Swinger Grimace” and “Mormon-Bot.”
Obama’s Spilled Milk Joke: Late Night Comedians Riff (Video)|Marly Faherty|January 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Unlike open marriages and the swinger days of the 1960s and 1970s, these unions are not about sex with multiple outside partners.
Threesome Marriages|Abby Ellin|May 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Gang-y-gate swinger, a fighting man, who goes swaggering in the road (or gate); a roisterer who takes the wall of every one.
Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851|Various
He grasped his bat near the end, for Bert was what is known as a “free swinger,” and crouched expectantly.
Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball|J. W. Duffield
They could see Jeb coming from behind the lilac bushes, some ten feet away from the swinger.
Polly and Eleanor|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Eliminate Mr. Patch and Mr. Swinger, however, and Mr. Hawke would be chosen by a majority of seven.
The President|Alfred Henry Lewis
The child is then handed over to the swinger, who carries the child as he swings.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

British Dictionary definitions for swinger

swinger

/ (ˈswɪŋə) slang /

noun

a person regarded as being modern and lively

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

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