"swingy" meaning in English

See swingy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: swingier [comparative], swingiest [superlative]
Etymology: swing + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|swing|y}} swing + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} swingy (comparative swingier, superlative swingiest)
  1. (informal) Having a swinging motion. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-swingy-en-adj-irqNfON2
  2. (informal) Characteristic of swing music. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-swingy-en-adj-IFsX3rfZ
  3. (informal, politics) Having many swing voters. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-swingy-en-adj-ZPDImuNq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 72 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 4 73 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 8 2 72 18 Topics: government, politics
  4. (curling, of ice) Allowing stones to curl more than usual. Categories (topical): Curling
    Sense id: en-swingy-en-adj-1aMRCXy9 Topics: ball-games, curling, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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