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  • 91Swinging — 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.… …

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  • 92Swung — 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.… …

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  • 93To swing round the circle — 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.… …

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  • 94wiggle — I. verb (wiggled; wiggling) Etymology: Middle English wiglen, from or akin to Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wiggelen to totter; akin to Old English wegan to move more at way Date: 13th century intransitive verb 1. to move to and fro with… …

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  • 95wag — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. wave, shake, sway, jerk, waggle, wigwag, nod. See oscillation, agitation. n. wit, humorist; shake. See oscillation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wit, joker, comedian; see clown . v. Syn. shake, waggle,… …

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  • 96agitate — [16] Agitate is one of a host of English words descended ultimately from Latin agere (see AGENT). Among the many meanings of agere was ‘drive, move’, and a verb derived from it denoting repeated action, agitāre, hence meant ‘move to and fro’.… …

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  • 97wave — English has two words wave, distinct in origin, which have grown to resemble each other over the centuries. The verb, ‘move to and fro’ [OE], goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base *wab , which also produced English waver [14] (borrowed from… …

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  • 98oscillate — v. n. 1. Swing, vibrate, sway, move to and fro, move backward and forward. 2. Vary, fluctuate …

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  • 99rock — I verb 1) the ship rocked on the water Syn: move to and fro, move back and forth, sway, seesaw; roll, pitch, plunge, toss, lurch, reel, list; wobble, oscillate 2) the building began to rock Syn …

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  • 100sway — 1. verb 1) the curtains swayed in the breeze Syn: swing, shake, oscillate, undulate, move to and fro, move back and forth 2) she swayed on her feet Syn: stagger, wobble, rock, lurch, reel …

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