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swinging

Translation
swinging
—swingingly, adv.
/swing"ing/, adj., superl. swingingest, n.
adj.
1. characterized by or capable of swinging, being swung, or causing to swing.
2. intended for swinging upon, by, from, or in: the swinging devices in a playground.
3. Slang. excellent; first-rate.
4. Slang. lively, active, and modern; hip.
5. Slang.
a. free and uninhibited sexually: a swinging bachelor.
b. exchanging spouses for sex: swinging married couples.
n.
6. the activity or act of a person who swings.
7. Slang.
a. the act or practice of being free and uninhibited sexually.
b. the exchanging of spouses for sex.
[1550-60; SWING1 + -ING2]

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Фильмы

  • The Powerful Wings., 1961 — A film about the Air Show of 1961 dedicated to the USSR Air Fleet Day.
  • Visitng Us In Moscow., 1986 — The film introduces a lot of architecture monuments, squares, parks of the capital, national parks and new -built quarters.
  • The Solo of the Trumpet., 1986 — The film about the old Bolsheviks (members of the Lenin fraction of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union) Fedotovs’ family, their son Lev, gifted in art and sciences.