Meanings
swinger1
plural swingers
- One who swings.
And now that swing appears on a certain playground in the dusk, still swinging without the swinger, who has disappeared[…]
2009, Peter Handke, Krishna Winston, Crossing the Sierra de Gredos, page 438 - lifestyleA person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
- A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
- informalgovernmentA swing voter.
Shorten went to Blacktown to try and summon the spirit of Gough Whitlam to persuade the swingers it was time for a change of government. Shorten said vote one Labor, for the future.
2019 May 16, Katharine Murphy, “Campaign catchup 2019: close race sparks pre-election jitters”, in The Guardian - A swing ride.
- hobbiesA passenger on a motorcycle's sidecar who athletically moves from one side to the other to alter the weight distribution.
swinger2
plural swingers
- One who swinges.
- obsoleteslangAnything very large, forcible, or astonishing.
Add ſugar, nutmeg and ginger, / VVith ſtore of ale too; / And thus ye muſt doe / To make the vvaſſaile a ſvvinger.
1648, Robert Herrick, “Twelfe Night, or King and Queene”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 377
Swinger3
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Swinger · proper noun
- GermanSchwinger
- EnglishSwinger
Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Schwinger or Zwinger.
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Chinese Mandarin 交換配偶的人 /交换配偶的人
- 交換配偶的人 /交换配偶的人 (jiāohuàn pèi'ǒu de rén)person who practices swinging
Finnish pintaliitäjä
- pintaliitäjäperson who practices swinging
French échangiste
- échangisteperson who practices swinging
German Swinger, Swingerin
- Swingerperson who practices swinging
- Swingerinperson who practices swinging
Italian scambista
- scambistaperson who practices swinging
Japanese スインガー
- スインガー (suingā)person who practices swinging
Russian сви́нгер
- сви́нгер (svínger)person who practices swinging
Swedish swinger
- swingerperson who practices swinging
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Cite this entry
swinger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swinger
“swinger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swinger. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swinger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swinger.
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