DictionaryswingPartner exchange
verb

swing

To consensually exchange sexual partners.

The interview discusses adults who swing by mutual agreement.

Etymology

Swing acquired a social sense of uninhibited or fashionable participation. Its later sexual use specialized to consensual exchange of partners.

More examples

  • The couple said they had swung with other consenting adults.
  • The article examined couples who were swinging.
  • He described swing as a verb for consensual partner exchange.

Forms

swing · swings · swung · swinging