in full swing Definition

full¹
adj fuller, fullest

1. Holding, containing or having as much as possible, or a large quantity.

Form: full of something (also)
2. Complete.

Example: do a full day's work
Thesaurus: entire, complete; Antonym: partial.
3. Detailed; thorough; including everything necessary.

Example: a full report
4. Occupied.

Example: My hands are full
Thesaurus: occupied, assigned, reserved, taken, engaged, in use; Antonym: available, vacant.
5. Having eaten till one wants no more.

Thesaurus: sated, replete, satisfied, saturated, glutted, cloyed, stuffed to the gills.
6. Plump; fleshy.

Example: the fuller figure
Example: full lips
7. Said of clothes: made with a large amount of material.

Example: a full skirt
Thesaurus: baggy, flowing, loose, flapping; Antonym: tight.
8. Rich and strong.

Example: This wine is very full
9. Rich and varied.

Example: a full life
10. Having all possible rights, privileges, etc.

Example: a full member
11. Said of the Moon: at the stage when it is seen as a fully-illuminated disc.
12a. ) said of a brother or sister: having the same parents as oneself (compare half-brotherhalf-sister);
12b. Said of a cousin: see first cousin.

adverb

1. Completely; at maximum capacity

Example: Is the radiator full on?
2. Exactly; directly.

Example: hit him full on the nose

verb

fulled, fulling
1. needlecraft.
To make something with gathers or puckers.

Idiom: be full up

To be full to the limit.

To have had enough to eat.

Idiom: full of something

Unable to talk about anything but it; engrossed in it.
Example: full of her holidays

Idiom: full of oneself

Having too good an opinion of oneself and one's importance.

Idiom: full of years

literary or old use
Old; aged.

Idiom: full well

Perfectly well.

Idiom: in full

Completely.
Thesaurus: for the entire amount, for the entire value, thoroughly, completely.

At length; in detail.
Example: reported in full

Idiom: in full rig

With the maximum number of masts and sails.

Idiom: in full swing

At the height of activity.

Idiom: to the full

To the greatest possible extent.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.

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swing
verb swung, swinging

tr & intr
1. To move or make something move in a curving motion, pivoting from a fixed point.

Example: The door swung shut behind her
Example: gibbons swinging from tree to tree
Thesaurus: twirl, wave, twirl, pivot, hurl.
tr & intr
2. To move or make something move or turn with a sweeping or curving movement or movements.

Example: She swung the car into the driveway
Example: swung himself into the saddle
tr & intr
3. To turn or make something turn around a central axis.

Example: He swung his chair round
Example: She swung round, surprised and a little wary
Thesaurus: sweep, rotate, pivot, revolve, twirl.
intr
4. To move with a swaying movement or movements.

Example: She swung along through the meadows
intr
5. To undergo, often suddenly or sharply, a change or changes of opinion, mood, fortune or direction.

Example: He swung between extremes of mood
Example: The match could have swung either way at that point
Thesaurus: sway, undulate, sweep, rotate, fluctuate, waver, oscillate, veer.
6. To persuade them to have a certain opinion.

Example: That should swing them round to our way of thinking
Form: swing someone round (also)
7. colloq
To arrange or fix; to achieve the successful outcome of something.
Example: just needs a couple of free gifts to swing the sale
8a. colloq
To determine or settle the outcome of (eg an election in which voters were initially undecided);.
intr
8b. Said of an electorate's voting pattern: to change in favour of a particular party.

Example: The vote has swung decisively to the Green Party
tr & intr
9a. To attempt to hit or make a hit with a curving movement of a bat, etc;

Example: swung wildly at the ball
Form: swing at someone (often)
Form: swing at something
tr & intr
9b. colloq
To attempt to punch someone or make (a punch) with a curving arm movement.
Example: He swung a frustrated punch at the goalkeeper
Form: swing at someone (often)
Form: swing at something
intr
10. colloq
Said of a social function, etc: to be lively and exciting.
intr
11. colloq
To enjoy oneself with vigour and enthusiasm.
intr
12. colloq
To change sexual partners in a group, especially habitually.
intr
13. colloq
To be hanged.
tr & intr
14. music.
To perform or be performed as swing (see noun 7 below).
tr & intr
15. cricket.
To cause (a ball) to move in a curving path; to move in such a path.

noun

1. A seat suspended from a frame or branch for a child (or sometimes an adult) to swing on.
2. A change, usually a sudden and sharp change, eg in mood, support, success, etc.
3. A swinging stroke with a golf club, cricket bat, etc; the technique of a golfer.
4. A punch made with a curving movement.

Example: took a swing at him with her clenched fist
5. An act, manner or spell of swinging.
6. A swinging movement.
7a. music.
Jazz or jazz-like dance music with a simple regular rhythm, popularized by bands in the 1930s;
7b. music.
as adj.
Example: swing band
8. cricket.
A curving movement of a bowled ball.
9. A change in the voting pattern of the electorate in a particular constituency, at a particular election, etc

Example: a swing of 40% to Labour.

adj

1. Able to swing.

Example: a swing mirror

Idiom: in full swing (into full swing)

At, or to, the height of liveliness.

Idiom: swing both ways

colloq
To have sexual relations with both men and women, either consecutively or simultaneously; to be a bisexual.

Idiom: swing into action

To begin to move or act, especially decisively or enthusiastically.

Idiom: swing the lead

slang
To make up excuses to avoid work.

Idiom: swings and roundabouts

colloq
A situation in which advantages and disadvantages, or successes and failures, are equal.

Idiom: the swing of things

The usual routine or pace of activity.
Example: get back into the swing of things after a month off work

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon swingan.