Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Swing \Swing\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swung}; Archaic imp.
   {Swang}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinging}.] [OE. swingen, AS.
   swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen
   to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to
   soar, OHG. swingan to throw, to scourge, to soar, Sw. svinga
   to swing, to whirl, Dan. svinge. Cf. {Swagger}, {Sway},
   {Swinge}, {Swink}.]
   1. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to
      wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

            I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or
            continue swinging longer, in case of exsuction of
            the air.                              --Boyle.

   2. To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as,
      the door swung open.

   3. To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure.
      See {Swing}, n., 3.

   4. (Naut.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at
      anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

   5. To be hanged. [Colloq.] --D. Webster.

   {To swing round the circle}, to make a complete circuit.
      [Colloq.]

            He had swung round the circle of theories and
            systems in which his age abounded, without finding
            relief.                               --A. V. G.
                                                  Allen.

Swung \Swung\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Swing}.

Source : WordNet®

swing
     v 1: move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting;
          "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
     2: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung
        back" [syn: {sway}]
     3: change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back";
        "swing forward"
     4: influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to
        his side" [syn: {swing over}]
     5: make a big sweeping gesture or movement [syn: {sweep}, {swing
        out}]
     6: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The
        light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: {dangle}, {drop}]
     7: hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer
        player began to swing at the referee"
     8: alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his
        mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
     9: live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock
        generation attempted to swing freely"
     10: have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"
     11: be a social swinger; socialize a lot [syn: {get around}]
     12: play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
     13: engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or
         wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples
         in the 1960's"
     [also: {swung}]

swing
     n 1: a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of
          an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took
          time to get into the swing of things"
     2: mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone
        swinging back and forth
     3: a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"
     4: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: {swinging},
         {vacillation}]
     5: a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s;
        flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
        [syn: {swing music}, {jive}]
     6: a jaunty rhythm in music [syn: {lilt}]
     7: the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually)
        hitting it [syn: {golf stroke}, {golf shot}]
     8: in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he
        took a vicious cut at the ball" [syn: {baseball swing}, {cut}]
     9: a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and
        dance around a point between them
     [also: {swung}]

swung
     See {swing}