Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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swing | Yes | No | Yes | No |
drop | Yes | No | Yes | No |
swing (noun) | drop (noun) |
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changing location by moving back and forth | the act of dropping something |
in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball | a central depository where things can be left or picked up |
the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery |
a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity |
a sweeping blow or stroke | a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity |
mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth | a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) |
a jaunty rhythm in music | a steep high face of rock |
a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz | a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) |
a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity | a shape that is spherical and small |
swing (verb) | drop (verb) |
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alternate dramatically between high and low values | give birth; used for animals |
hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement | grow progressively worse |
make a big sweeping gesture or movement | go down in value |
engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends | stop pursuing or acting |
play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm | change from one level to another |
move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner | lower the pitch of (musical notes) |
move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting | fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death |
change direction with a swinging motion; turn | leave undone or leave out |
be a social swinger; socialize a lot | omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing |
influence decisively | utter with seeming casualness |
hang loosely | lose (a game) |
live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style | take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth |
have a certain musical rhythm | remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave |
to remove | |
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow | |
let or cause to fall in drops | |
to fall vertically | |
let fall to the ground | |
fall or descend to a lower place or level | |
pay out | |
stop associating with | |
terminate an association with | |
hang loosely |