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    [Verb]  | "sway" 


    1: to swing slowly and rhythmically back and forth from a base or pivot

    2: to move gently from an upright to a leaning position

    3: to hold sway : act as ruler or governor


    Origin: circa 1500 ;

     Alteration of earlier swey to fall, swoon, from Middle English sweyen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse sveigja to sway; akin to Lithuanian svaigti to become dizzy;

    [Noun]  | "sway" | \ ˈswā \


    1: the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion

    2: an inclination or deflection caused by or as if by swaying

    3: a controlling influence


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English sweigh, from sweyen;

    [Noun]  | "sways" 


    1: the power to bring about a result on another;


      * e.g., " ... under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job "





    2: the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly;


      * e.g., " ... outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities "



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    3: the right or means to command or control others;


      * e.g., " ... a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East "



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    [Noun]  | "sway" 


    1: the power to bring about a result on another;


      * e.g., " ... under the sway of euphoria, she offered to take us all out to dinner in celebration of her new job "





    2: the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly;


      * e.g., " ... outdated attitudes that still hold sway in some communities "



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    3: the right or means to command or control others;


      * e.g., " ... a time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East "



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    [Verb]  | "sways" 


    1: to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response;


      * e.g., " ... how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, Please take me home with you? "



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    2: to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions;


      * e.g., " ... the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous "



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    3: to exercise authority or power over;


      * e.g., " ... an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world "



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    [Verb]  | "sway" 


    1: to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response;


      * e.g., " ... how can you not be swayed by that precious kitten, meowing as if to say, Please take me home with you? "



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    2: to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions;


      * e.g., " ... the way the ski lift was swaying in the wind made me nervous "



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    3: to exercise authority or power over;


      * e.g., " ... an epic novel set in the days when Rome swayed the Western world "



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     [ "Sway" ]

    1: A ultimate rank of perfection and freshness that only certain individuals hit.

      * e.g.,  ... Matt Miller is Sway. 

     [ "SWAY" ]

    1: (noun) an acronym for Someone Who Ain’t You, when the speaker, You, and those in the know understand that the person to whom the speaker is referring to as SWAY is absolutely and totally YOU. But so fuckin’ what, you’re SWAY and they’re more than likely SWIM, are either of you ever gonna quit being such low-life’s????

      * e.g.,  ... Nikki’s attractive muse found Nikki by himself sitting under a bridge. She already knew the answer, she just wanted to let him know that she knew. He looked destitute and famished, but not from malnutrition. Nodding at the graffiti on the bridge, Shannon asked, “That’s quite a clever message, don’t you think? I was told that SWAY created that”. Nikki nodded in agreement, adding “And it’s such an understatement….” going on describing to her in explicit and intimate detail his own desires for her that provoked her interest. In short, those magic, heartfelt words got Nikki between Shannon’s legs for the weekend where they ended up coming bucketfuls from beginning to end and understood a new level of friendship between them. 

     [ "Swaying" ]

    1: When you use flirting to convince someone to join your side in an argument or to win an argument

      * e.g.,  ... Emmy is totally swaying Ricky into letting her win 

     [ "sway" ]

    1: cool, someone can be sway or something article of clothing can be sway

      * e.g.,  ... Those sunglasses are sway. 

     [ "sway" ]

    1: Sway is everything that swag is plus more.Sway is having swag plus a big hairy pair of balls that sway back and forth when you're struttin' your swag.

      * e.g.,  ... Sway is like swag plus or swag 0.It's swag except it sway better. 

     [ "Sway" ]

    1: Its another world for "fam"

      * e.g.,  ... Jake: "8+2=5" 

     [ "Sway" ]

    1: For a complete definition, see the deleted scenes from Spike Lee's 25th Hour. (Does not lend itself to paraphrasing.)

      * e.g.,  ... "Sway is walking into the best five star restaurant in the city, without a reservation and being seated immediately." 


     [ "Sway" ]

    2: "Sway helps you make money and money helps make you sway. But sway is not money."

     [ "sway" ]

    1: Alcohol

      * e.g.,  ... "He's on the sway" 

     [ "Sway" ]

    1: A Mix between the two words "Swag" and "Slay" originating from Twitter In January of 2023

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Dude, look at this cool internet video I found! 

     [ "Sway" ]

    1: To reach a level of swag that is so swagged out it is on another level, which is sway

      * e.g.,  ... Dude 1: That guy has some sort of syle but its bigger than swag. Dude 2: It is sway! 

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