the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the fist > swinging or sweeping (2)
transitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To deliver (a blow) with a wide swinging movement of the arm; to hit (a person) with such a blow. Also figur…
Boxing. A punch delivered with a sweep of the arm; a swinging blow. Also in general colloquial use, esp. in to take a swing at (someone).