swindle | (noun) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | Synonyms: cheat, fraud, rig |
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(verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, victimize |
swindler | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer |
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swine | (noun) stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals | - |
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swineherd | (noun) a herder or swine | Synonyms: pigman |
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swing | (noun) changing location by moving back and forth | Synonyms: swinging, vacillation |
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(noun) in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball | Synonyms: baseball swing, cut |
(noun) the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it | Synonyms: golf shot, golf stroke |
(noun) a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them | - |
(noun) a sweeping blow or stroke | - |
(noun) mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth | - |
(noun) a jaunty rhythm in music | Synonyms: lilt |
(noun) a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz | Synonyms: jive, swing music |
(noun) a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity | - |
(verb) alternate dramatically between high and low values | - |
(verb) hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement | - |
(verb) make a big sweeping gesture or movement | Synonyms: sweep, swing out |
(verb) engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends | - |
(verb) play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm | - |
(verb) move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner | Synonyms: sway |
(verb) move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting | - |
(verb) change direction with a swinging motion; turn | - |
(verb) be a social swinger; socialize a lot | Synonyms: get around |
(verb) influence decisively | Synonyms: swing over |
(verb) hang loosely | Synonyms: dangle, drop |
(verb) live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style | - |
(verb) have a certain musical rhythm | - |
swinge | (verb) burn superficially or lightly | Synonyms: singe |
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swingeing | (adjective) severe; punishingly bad | - |
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swinger | (noun) a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex | Synonyms: tramp |
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(noun) someone who swings sports implements | - |
swinging | (adjective) characterized by a buoyant rhythm | Synonyms: lilting, swingy, tripping |
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(noun) changing location by moving back and forth | Synonyms: swing, vacillation |
swingletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: whiffletree, whippletree |
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swingy | (adjective) characterized by a buoyant rhythm | Synonyms: lilting, swinging, tripping |
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swinish | (adjective) resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy | Synonyms: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine |
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(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance | Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish |
swinishness | (noun) The quality of resembling a swine; being gluttonous, coarse, debased. | - |
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