swing-v; 7 Senses

Sense Number 1: (cause to) move in a curve or arc

Commentary: Includes: SWING ABOUT, SWING AROUND, SWING OUT

Examples:
The car swung around the corner.
My daughter loved to swing back and forth.
He swung his partner around and slammed her into another couple.
There is a magnetic grappling hook that can be used to swing across chasms.
We swung from the trees.
She swung about and shouted at the stragglers.
The gate swung in the wind.

Mappings:
VerbNet: coil-9.6-1,roll-51.3.1
FrameNet: Change_direction,Motion,Moving_in_place,Cause_to_move_in_place,Body_movement,Self_motion
PropBank: swing.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
swing_about 1
swing_out 1
swing_around 1

Sense Number 2: hang freely

Examples:
Wind chimes swung from the eaves.
Below the rusting scaffold swung a single bare lightbulb.
Each carried a strange banner swung from stem to stern above the upper works.

Mappings:
VerbNet: spatial_configuration-47.6
FrameNet: Moving_in_place
PropBank: swing.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 3: change (dramatically) between high and low values

Examples:
An affected person's mood can swing from excessive highs (mania)
to profound hopelessness (depression).
World markets have swung from high to low and back again.
J.P. Morgan swung to a loss in the third quarter.

Mappings:
VerbNet: calibratable_cos-45.6-1
FrameNet: Change_position_on_a_scale,Undergo_change
PropBank: swing.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8

Sense Number 4: achieve an outcome, often through influence

Examples:
We can certainly use this eloquent letter to swing the votes of the uncertain.
Had Acme swung the deal, it would have saved the company from bankruptcy.
If you can't swing the payments with one of those loans, you probably can't afford the place.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
swing_over 1

Sense Number 5: be a social swinger; esp. engage in promiscuous sex

Examples:
Back in the '60s, a lot of couples knew how to swing.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9, 11, 13

Sense Number 6: have a lively musical rhythm

Examples:
That band can swing!

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: swing.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10, 12

Sense Number 7: aim to hit with a sweeping arm movement

Examples:
After the call, the soccer player swung at the referee.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7