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Swung
- verb - alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward"
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in the 1960's"
- hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
- have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee"
- influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to his side"
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely"
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting; "He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
Taunt
- noun - aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
- harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
- make fun of
Thunk
- noun - a dull hollow sound; "the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim"
Trunk
- noun - a long flexible snout as of an elephant
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk"
- luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
- the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
Vaunt
- noun - extravagant self-praise
- show off
Wound
- verb -
- a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
- a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost
- an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
- arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
- catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
- cause injuries or bodily harm to
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
- form into a wreath
- hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
- pu
Wrung
- verb - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
- twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
- twist and press out of shape
- twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
Young
- adjective - (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"
- (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"
- any immature animal
- being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is still young"
- British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
- English poet (1683-1765)
- Not as old
- not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"
- suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age"
- United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
- United States civil rights leade