swinger

/'swiɳə/

Thân thiện

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who engages in recreational, consensual non-monogamous sexual activities, often involving partner swapping: This meaning specifically refers to participation in the "swinging" lifestyle or subculture.
   • A person who swings a sports implement: This refers to someone who executes a swinging motion with an object like a golf club, baseball bat, or tennis racket.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Lifestyle):
  • The couple was rumored to be a swinger, attending exclusive parties.
  • He identified as a swinger and was active in the local community.
• Noun (Sports):
  • She is a powerful swinger of the golf club.
  • The coach is looking for a consistent swinger for the baseball team.

Advanced Usage

• "A swinger of birches": A literary or poetic phrase, popularized by Robert Frost's poem, referring to someone who swings on birch trees.
  • In the poem, the speaker reminisces about being a swinger of birches.

Variants and Related Words

• Swing (verb/noun): The core action; to move back and forth or from side to side. Also refers to the lifestyle or the act in sports.
• Swinging (gerund/noun): The act or practice of being a swinger in the lifestyle context, or the act of swinging a sports implement.

Synonyms

• Lifestyle Context: Non-monogamist, lifestyle participant.
• Sports Context: Hitter, striker.

Related Phrases

• "In full swing": At the peak of activity or operation. (Note: This idiom uses "swing" but is not directly about a "swinger").
  • The party was in full swing by midnight.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
2. someone who swings sports implements

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