swing swinging vacillation | changing location by moving back and forth |
left | a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east, take a left at the corner |
swing | a square dance figure, a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them |
baseball swing swing cut | in baseball, a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball, he took a vicious cut at the ball |
golf stroke golf shot swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
left field leftfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate) |
swing | a sweeping blow or stroke, he took a wild swing at my head |
checkroom left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
left field leftfield left | the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left, the batter flied out to left |
swing | mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth |
swing door swinging door | a door that swings on a double hinge, opens in either direction |
lilt swing | a jaunty rhythm in music |
left-handedness sinistrality | preference for using the left hand |
left coronary artery | arises from the left aortic sinus, supplies the left side of the heart |
left gastric artery arteria gastrica sinistra | a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus |
left gastric vein vena gastrica sinistra | arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia, runs in the lesser omentum, empties into the portal vein |
oblique vein of the left atrium vena obliqua atrii sinistri | a tributary of the coronary sinus, on the posterior wall of the left atrium |
posterior vein of the left ventricle vena posterior ventriculi sinistri | arises near the apex of the heart and empties into the coronary sinus |
left ventricle | the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta |
left atrium left atrium of the heart atrium sinistrum | the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins |
mitral valve bicuspid valve left atrioventricular valve | valve with two cusps, situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle |
left hemisphere left brain | the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body |
left left hand | the hand that is on the left side of the body, jab with your left |
swing swing music jive | a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the s, flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz |
left left wing | those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare |
left | location near or direction toward the left side, i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east, she stood on the left |
stage left left stage | the part of the stage on the actor's left as the actor faces the audience |
Left Bank Latin Quarter | the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine, a center of artistic and student life |
left-handed pitcher left-hander left hander lefthander lefty southpaw | a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand |
left-hander lefty southpaw | a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right, their pitcher was a southpaw |
left fielder | the person who plays left field |
collectivist leftist left-winger | a person who belongs to the political left |
swing voter floating voter | a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other |
Goodman Benny Goodman Benjamin David Goodman King of Swing | United States clarinetist who in formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (-) |
left-handedness | the status of being born of a morganatic marriage |
swing | a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity, the party went with a swing, it took time to get into the swing of things |
evening shift swing shift | the work shift during the evening (as p.m. to midnight) |
swing | alternate dramatically between high and low values, his mood swings, the market is swinging up and down |
swing | hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement, The soccer player began to swing at the referee |
swing | engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends, There were many swinging couples in the's |
swing sweep swing out | make a big sweeping gesture or movement |
swing | play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm |
swing sway | move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner, He swung back |
swing | change direction with a swinging motion, turn, swing back, swing forward |
swing around swing about turn around | turn abruptly and face the other way, either physically or metaphorically, He turned around to face his opponent, My conscience told me to turn around before I made a mistake |
swing | move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting, He swung his left fist, swing a bat |
swing get around | be a social swinger, socialize a lot |
swing swing over | influence decisively, This action swung many votes over to his side |
swing | live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style, The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely |
dangle swing drop | hang freely, the ornaments dangled from the tree, The light dropped from the ceiling |