swinger

[ swing-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that swings.
2. Slang. a lively, active, and modern person whose activities are fashionable or trendy.
3. Slang.
   1. a person who indulges in promiscuous sex.
   2. a person who engages in the exchanging of spouses for sexual activities.

swinger

/ ˈswɪŋə /

noun

1. a person regarded as being modern and lively
2. a person who swaps sexual partners in a group, esp habitually

Word History and Origins

Origin of swinger¹

First recorded in 1535–45 swinger fordef 1; 1955–60 swinger fordef 2; swing ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Also, in a nod to The Ice Storm and other touchstones of ’70s suburbia, they’re swingers.

From Time

The monogamous or safe-only gay man is a far safer bet than the unprotected hetero swinger.

From The Daily Beast

He and Nixon gossip about Henry Kissinger, who Nixon calls “a swinger.”

From The Daily Beast

Moore would advertise the parties on swinger websites, and claims to have earned $100,000 in the first six months.

From The Daily Beast

He discusses his re-election and his Republican rivals, “Swinger Grimace” and “Mormon-Bot.”

From The Daily Beast

Unlike open marriages and the swinger days of the 1960s and 1970s, these unions are not about sex with multiple outside partners.

From The Daily Beast

Gang-y-gate swinger, a fighting man, who goes swaggering in the road (or gate); a roisterer who takes the wall of every one.

From Project Gutenberg

He grasped his bat near the end, for Bert was what is known as a “free swinger,” and crouched expectantly.

From Project Gutenberg

They could see Jeb coming from behind the lilac bushes, some ten feet away from the swinger.

From Project Gutenberg

Eliminate Mr. Patch and Mr. Swinger, however, and Mr. Hawke would be chosen by a majority of seven.

From Project Gutenberg

The child is then handed over to the swinger, who carries the child as he swings.

From Project Gutenberg