swung

For the verb: "to swing"

Simple Past:	swung
Past Participle:	swung

Multiple Entries:
  swung    swing  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
swung/swʌŋ/

past and past participle of swing.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
swing/swɪŋ/

▶verb (swings, swinging; past and past part. swung)

• 1 move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while or as if suspended.

  ■ informal be executed by hanging.

• 2 move by grasping a support and leaping.

  ■ move quickly round to the opposite direction.

• 3 move or cause to move in a smooth, curving line.

  ■ (swing at) attempt to hit or punch, especially with a wide curving movement.

  ■ throw (a punch) with such a movement.

• 4 shift or cause to shift from one opinion, mood, or state of affairs to another.

  ■ have a decisive influence on (a vote, judgement, etc.).

  ■ informal succeed in bringing about.

• 5 play music with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm.

• 6 informal be lively, exciting, or fashionable.

• 7 informal be promiscuous, especially by swapping sexual partners.

▶noun

• 1 a seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone can sit and swing back and forth.

• 2 an act of swinging.

  ■ the manner in which a golf club or a bat is swung.

  ■ the motion of swinging.

  ■ Cricket sideways deviation of the ball.

• 3 a discernible change in public opinion, especially in an election.

• 4 a style of jazz or dance music with an easy flowing but vigorous rhythm.

• 5 N. Amer. a swift tour involving a number of stops.

– phrases
get (back) into the swing of things Brit. informal become accustomed to (or return to) an activity or routine.
go with a swing informal (of a party or other event) be lively and enjoyable.
in full swing at the height of activity.
swing the lead Brit. informal malinger; shirk one's duty. [with naut. allusion to using a lead to ascertain the depth of water.]
swings and roundabouts Brit. a situation in which different actions result in no eventual gain or loss.

– derivatives
swinger noun,
swingy adjective .

– origin OE swingan ‘to beat, whip’, also ‘rush’, geswing ‘a stroke with a weapon’, of Gmc origin.