"swinging" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "The sexual practice is so called after the custom in swing dancing of changing partners after each dance, unlike traditional ballroom dance styles where one has a single partner.",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1973, Socialist Review, volume 8, page 331",
          "text": "Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism[…]",
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        "An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners, often in a group setting."
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        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "word": "交換配偶"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiāohuàn pèi'ǒu",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "word": "交换配偶"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grupensex"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "word": "parinvaihto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "échangisme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Swingen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "word": "svédszex"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "word": "párcsere"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "word": "swing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scambismo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "suwappingu",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "word": "スワッピング"
        },
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          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "suingingu",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "word": "スインギング"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "swing"
        },
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          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sving",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "свинг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gruppovój sɛks",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "группово́й секс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sexual practice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "intercambio de pareja"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈswɪŋɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋɪŋ"
    }
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    "swinging"
  ],
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      "word": "swinging-block"
    },
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      "word": "swinging boom"
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      "word": "swinging bunt"
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    },
    {
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    {
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      "word": "swinging-door chad"
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    {
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          "text": "1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nDidn't do anything great except saw \"The Beatles\" on The Ed Sullivan Show and Kathy practically had a bird. They are sorta cute but I think Ringo is swingin, George is cute, Paul is a good singer and John is icky. Too!"
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        "(informal) Fine, good, successful."
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          "ref": "2003 February 23, Bob Goldman, “Welcome To Splitsville”, in Florida Today",
          "text": "Hey, everyone fantasizes about what kind of swinging stud or studette they could be if they were only free from the shackles of domesticity.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "Sexually promiscuous."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswɪŋɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋɪŋ"
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "swinging"
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}

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      "tags": [
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        "Alternative form of swingeing"
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    "swinging"
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}

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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "word": "交換配偶"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāohuàn pèi'ǒu",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "word": "交换配偶"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "grupensex"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "word": "parinvaihto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "échangisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Swingen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "word": "svédszex"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "word": "párcsere"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "word": "swing"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scambismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suwappingu",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "word": "スワッピング"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suingingu",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "word": "スインギング"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
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      "word": "swing"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sving",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "свинг"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gruppovój sɛks",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "группово́й секс"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sexual practice",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "intercambio de pareja"
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}

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      "word": "swinging bunt"
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    {
      "word": "swinging dick"
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    {
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    {
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          "text": "1964, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nDidn't do anything great except saw \"The Beatles\" on The Ed Sullivan Show and Kathy practically had a bird. They are sorta cute but I think Ringo is swingin, George is cute, Paul is a good singer and John is icky. Too!"
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        }
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        "Sexually promiscuous."
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English lemmas",
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      "form": "more swinging",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most swinging",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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        }
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        "Alternative form of swingeing"
      ],
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        [
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    }
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}

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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "swinger"
    },
    {
      "word": "swingerklubb"
    },
    {
      "word": "dogging"
    }
  ],
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        "swinging (sexual practice)"
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}