different between swingy vs stingy

English

Etymology

swing +? -y

Adjective

swingy (comparative swingier, superlative swingiest)

1. (informal) Having a swinging motion.
   • 2007, The Official Xbox Magazine: Issues 75-78

     the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando

   • 2011, Karen Karbo, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel (page 169)

     Which is not to say that a long rope of pearls is the obvious solution—too long and too swingy and you risk looking like you're on your way to a costume party dressed as a flapper.

2. (informal) Characteristic of swing music.
   • 1942, Billboard magazine (volume 54, number 15)

     Fly has a swingy rhythm and some swell guitar work in its instrumental interludes.

3. (informal, politics) Having many swing voters.
   • 2013, Larry J. Sabato, Barack Obama and the New America

     […] redrawing the congressional maps to add at least slightly more Republican votes to the potentially swingy districts of freshmen […]
4. (curling, of ice) Allowing stones to curl more than usual.

English

Etymology 1

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?n?j?, IPA^(key): /?st?nd?i/

Adjective

stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)

1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean
   • 1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea Chapter XVIII

     "Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry much. If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."

2. Small, scant, meager, insufficient

Usage notes

Use of "stingy of" was about as common as use of "stingy with" until about 1900 but became much less common by and since 1920.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:stingy

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

sting +? -y

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?ng??, IPA^(key): /?st??i/

Adjective

stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)

1. Stinging; able to sting.

Translations

Anagrams

• Yingst, stying, tyings