swinger
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.
Origin of swinger
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How to use swinger in a sentence
No different from those who have open marriages are active swingers or cheaters.
Those two words from the movie Swingers have come to represent American impulsiveness in all its glory.
Not, I repeat, not balding Casanovas or aging swingers or thigh-chafing tubs of lard.
And with him went the monks and the musicians, and the candle-bearers, and the swingers of censers, and a great company.
A House of Pomegranates | Oscar WildeYou remember a talk we had long ago in New York; the night we were at the circus and saw the trapeze swingers.
Gossamer | George A. Birmingham
Sherwood Magee and “Hans” Wagner are contemporary free swingers.
Pitching in a Pinch | Christy MathewsonHere would be found a signal officer and his squad of trained flag swingers.
The Boy Spy | Joseph KerbyHe is what is known in baseball as a free swinger, and there are not many free swingers these days.
Pitching in a Pinch | Christy Mathewson
British Dictionary definitions for swinger
/ (ˈswɪŋə) slang /
a person regarded as being modern and lively
a person who swaps sexual partners in a group, esp habitually
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