swinger
[ swing-er ]
/ ˈswɪŋ ər /
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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Example sentences from the Web for swinger
Those two words from the movie Swingers have come to represent American impulsiveness in all its glory.
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 Wilde
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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