English edit

Etymology edit

swing +‎ -y

Adjective edit

swingy (comparative swingier, superlative swingiest)

  1. (informal) Having a swinging motion.
    • 2007, The Official Xbox Magazine: Issues 75-78:
      the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando
    • 2011, Karen Karbo, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel, page 169:
      Which is not to say that a long rope of pearls is the obvious solution—too long and too swingy and you risk looking like you're on your way to a costume party dressed as a flapper.
  2. (informal) Characteristic of swing music.
    • 1942, Billboard, volume 54, number 15:
      Fly has a swingy rhythm and some swell guitar work in its instrumental interludes.
  3. (informal, politics) Having many swing voters.
    • 2013, Larry J. Sabato, Barack Obama and the New America:
      [] redrawing the congressional maps to add at least slightly more Republican votes to the potentially swingy districts of freshmen []
    • 2018 July 6, David Weigel, “The votes from California’s primary are finally in. Here’s what we learned.”, in The Washington Post[1]:
      The more than 2 million ballots that remained uncounted on election night are down to 6,037 votes in Lake County, a small but swingy region north of the San Francisco Bay area.
  4. (curling, of ice) Allowing stones to curl more than usual.