porch swing

noun

A type of swing, often made of wood and having space for two people to sit and rock back and forth. A porch swing is often connected to the roof of the porch with chains and hooks in the ceiling but may also hang from a self-standing frame.

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Meanings

nounporch swing (plural porch swings)

plural porch swings

  1. A type of swing, often made of wood and having space for two people to sit and rock back and forth. A porch swing is often connected to the roof of the porch with chains and hooks in the ceiling but may also hang from a self-standing frame.

    There were Miss Maudie’s, Miss Stephanie’s — there was our house, I could see the porch swing —Miss Rachel’s house was beyond us, plainly visible.

    1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Translations

Finnish kuistikeinu, puutarhakeinu
  • kuistikeinutype of swing
  • puutarhakeinutype of swing
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APA

porch swing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porch%20swing

MLA

“porch swing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porch%20swing. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porch swing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porch%20swing.

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