swinger
/ˈswɪŋə
/noun
1 informal A lively and fashionable person who goes to a lot of social events: one of the oldest swingers in town a wild swinger who parties late...
- One of the original swingers has a new hit on his hands.
- His glossy technique as a straight jazz swinger is formidable.
- Naturally, one of the oldest swingers in town was delighted.
2 informal A person who engages in group sex or the swapping of sexual partners: a twilight world of swingers and wife-swapping...
- My husband wants us to try a swinger's club.
- I call it an open marriage, or just refer to ourselves as swingers.
- The pair were swingers who hosted their own sex parties.
Cricket
3A bowler who makes a delivery of a ball deviate sideways from a regular course in the air: the left-handed swinger was the toughest player in the League...
- Slow swingers may need a ball with slightly higher spin.
- He is the undisputed king of the Ashes swingers.
3.1A ball delivery that deviates sideways from a regular course: the innings fell away to Johnson’s away swingers...
- One run later, he nudged an away swinger.
- He edged an away swinger to the wicket-keeper.
- Such away swingers have beaten the best batsmen from both teams.
Rhymes
- double-barrelled
- double bass
- double bassoon
- double bill
- double bind
- double-bitted axe
- double-blind
- double bluff
- double bogey
- double boiler
- double bond
- double-book
- double-breasted
- double bridle
- double-check
- double chin
- double-chinned
- double-click
- double-clutch
- double coconut
- double concerto
- double convict
- double cream
- double-cross
- double-crosser