Charleston vs swing

Charleston

noun
  • A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina. 

name
  • A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers. 

  • A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina. 

  • A town in Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler. 

  • An area of Dundee, Scotland. 

  • A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County. 

  • A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler. 

  • A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster. 

  • A city in Tennessee. 

  • A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler. 

  • The capital city of West Virginia, United States and the county seat of Kanawha County; perhaps after Charles Clendenin, the father of an early settler. 

  • A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England. 

  • A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand. 

  • A town in South Australia. 

  • A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County. 

  • A community in Nova Scotia, Canada. 

  • A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation. 

  • A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville). 

swing

noun
  • A dance style. 

  • In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles. 

  • Influence or power of anything put in motion. 

  • The amount of change towards or away from something. 

  • The genre of music associated with this dance style. 

  • The manner in which something is swung. 

  • The sweep or compass of a swinging body. 

  • In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party. 

  • A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle. 

  • A type of hook with the arm more extended. 

  • A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing. 

  • A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing. 

  • Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air. 

  • Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it. 

  • The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction. 

verb
  • To move one's arm in a punching motion. 

  • To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn. 

  • To move sideways in its trajectory. 

  • To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election. 

  • To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished. 

  • To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially. 

  • To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe. 

  • To turn in a different direction. 

  • To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm. 

  • To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave. 

  • To ride on a swing. 

  • To dance. 

  • To fluctuate or change. 

  • (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory. 

  • To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping. 

  • To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor. 

  • To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. 

  • In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms. 

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