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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.
  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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Origin of swinger

1535–45 for def. 1; 1955–60 for def. 2; swing1 + -er1
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Words related to swinger

coquette, cruiser, heartbreaker, operator, philanderer, player, seducer, siren, tease, trifler, vamp, vixen, wanton, wolf, debaucher, gigolo, libertine, playboy, rake, reprobate

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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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