Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swingy

/ˈswɪŋi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: swingy
IPA: /ˈswɪŋi/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a swinging motion.

Informal

adj

Characteristic of swing music.

Informal

adj

Having many swing voters.

Informal

adj

Allowing stones to curl more than usual.

adj

Inconsistent in performance.

adj

Variable in mood; liable to having mood swings.

Example Sentences

"the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando"
"Which is not to say that a long rope of pearls is the obvious solution—too long and too swingy and you risk looking like you're on your way to a costume party dressed as a flapper."
"Fly has a swingy rhythm and some swell guitar work in its instrumental interludes."
"[…] redrawing the congressional maps to add at least slightly more Republican votes to the potentially swingy districts of freshmen […]"
"The more than 2 million ballots that remained uncounted on election night are down to 6,037 votes in Lake County, a small but swingy region north of the San Francisco Bay area."

Etymology

From swing + -y.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

swingier (comparative) swingiest (superlative)

Synonyms

lilting swinging tripping

Questions

How do you pronounce swingy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈswɪŋi/.
What does swingy mean?: Having a swinging motion.
Where does swingy come from?: From swing + -y.

How to pronounce swingy

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