See also: Swinger

English

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Etymology 1

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From swing +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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swinger (plural swingers)

  1. One who swings.
    • 2009, Peter Handke, Krishna Winston, Crossing the Sierra de Gredos, page 438:
      And now that swing appears on a certain playground in the dusk, still swinging without the swinger, who has disappeared []
  2. A person who practices swinging (sex with different partners).
  3. A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick two runners to finish in any of the places in any order.
  4. A performer of swing music or whose style is influenced by swing.
  5. (politics, informal) A swing voter.
    • 2019 May 16, Katharine Murphy, “Campaign catchup 2019: close race sparks pre-election jitters”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Shorten went to Blacktown to try and summon the spirit of Gough Whitlam to persuade the swingers it was time for a change of government. Shorten said vote one Labor, for the future.
  6. A swing ride.
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Etymology 2

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swinge +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

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swinger (plural swingers)

  1. One who swinges.
  2. (obsolete, slang) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English swinger. Attested since 1971.

Noun

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swinger c

  1. a swinger (person who practices swinging)

Declension

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Declension of swinger 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative swinger swingern swingers swingersarna
Genitive swingers swingerns swingers swingersarnas

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