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The word of the day is ‘swinging’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Moving backwards and forward
2. Lively
3. Moving back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.
4. Exciting and fashionable
1. What was her horror to find that it hung loose, swinging idly in the wind!
2. Again, Von Holzen ran at him with his arm outstretched for a swinging stab.
3. So he caught their minds as he had caught the Stick, swinging back from disaster.
4. A quarter of a mile from the finish the horses raced into a swinging stride.
5. One morning at daybreak I was awakened by Jim swinging back my door.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
fluctuating, swaying, waving, active, contemporary, hip, modern, sophisticated, spirited, trendy, up-to-date, vivacious, rocking, dangling, oscillating, sway, hanging, lilting, pendulum, vacillation, convivial, festal etc.
lazy, old, old-fashioned, unrhythmical, relic, frumpish, dowdy, tawdry, meretricious, appalling, nerdy
Quotation:
Some people get into this business and they’re so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I’m going down swinging.
Matt Damon
Social Example:
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