veter je oknico obračal sem in tja

1) (to (cause to) move or sway in a curve (from side to side or forwards and backwards) from a fixed point: You swing your arms when you walk; The children were swinging on a rope hanging from a tree; The door swung open; He swung the load on to his shoulder.) zibati (se); zavihteti

2) (to walk with a stride: He swung along the road.) hoditi z dolgimi koraki, koračiti

3) (to turn suddenly: He swung round and stared at them; He is hoping to swing the voters in his favour.) obrniti (se)

1) (an act, period, or manner, of swinging: He was having a swing on the rope; Most golfers would like to improve their swing.) zibanje; zamah

2) (a swinging movement: the swing of the dancers' skirts.) zibanje

3) (a strong dancing rhythm: The music should be played with a swing.) z zamahom

4) (a change in public opinion etc: a swing away from the government.) preobrat

5) (a seat for swinging, hung on ropes or chains from a supporting frame etc.) gugalnica

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zamah, mahanje, vihtenje; nihaj, nihanje sem in tja; zibanje, guganje; tok; elastična, ritmična hoja; svoboda gibanja; gugalnica, guncnica; music swing (hitri stil jazza, kompozicija v tem smislu); economy American doba konjunkture, procvit, višek; politics krožno volilno potovanje (kandidata); colloquially posad, (delovna) izmena

in full swing — v polnem razmahu

off one's swing figuratively ne na višini, ne pri moči

free swing — svoboda gibanja, torišče

the swing of the pendulum — nihanje nihala, figuratively spremenljivost (zlasti prihod na oblast zdaj ene zdaj druge politične stranke)

to be on the swing — nihati sem in tja

to get into the swing of s.th. — uvesti se v kaj, priučiti se čemu

to give full swing to s.th. — dati čemu popoln razmah, popolno svobodo potekanja

to go with a swing — gladko iti ali potekati

to have one's swing figuratively iti svojo pot

to let s.th. have its swing — pustiti kaj potekati po normalni poti (normalno)

let him have his full swing — pustite ga, naj dela, kar hoče

let me have a swing — daj, da se malo poguncam na gugalnici

to live in the full swing of prosperity — živeti v največjem blagostanju

to walk with a swing — hoditi z dolgimi, ritmičnimi koraki, z elanom;

vrtljiv; nihalen; gugalen

nihati, zibati se, gugati se, guncati se, pozibavati se; figuratively biti odvisen ( from od); viseti, bingljati; biti obešen na vislice; obračati se, vrteti se; nautical obračati se okoli sidra ali boje; gibati se v krivulji, zavijati; hoditi hitro, z dolgimi koraki in z elanom;

zamahniti, mahati z, vihteti; zibati, gugati, pustiti nihati; obesiti; obračati na vse strani; meriti (čas) z nihaji; bingljati z; z zamahom dvigniti kvišku (on, to na); American vplivati na; American uspešno izvesti; politics pridobiti si (volilce)

swing it! slang prekleto!

to swing a bat (a sword, a lasso) — vihteti gorjačo (meč, laso)

to swing one's arms — mahati, otepati z rokami

to swing a child — guncati otroka

the door swings on its hinges — vrata se vrte na svojih tečajih

to swing a hammock — obesiti visečo mrežo

to swing one's legs — bingljati z nogami

to swing into line military formirati eno vrsto

to swing the lead nautical slang ogibati se dela, zabušavati, delati se bolnega

to swing into motion — priti v tek, v zamah

to swing round the circle American večkrat spremeniti svoje mnenje; politics American obiskati volilna okrožja

he shall swing for it — za to bo visel, bo obešen

the shutter swung to and fro in the wind — veter je oknico obračal sem in tja

he swung when I shouted — obrnil se je, ko sem zavpil

he swung out of the room — z dolgimi, brzimi, prožnimi koraki je odšel iz sobe

the trees were swinging in the wind — drevesa so se pozibavala v vetru

there is not room enough to swing a cat figuratively niti toliko ni prostora, da bi se človek obrnil