free-swinging
[ free-swing-ing ]
/ ˈfriˈswɪŋ ɪŋ /
adjective
recklessly daring in action or style: free-swinging stock market speculators.
Origin of free-swinging
First recorded in 1945–50;
free(wheeling) +
swinging
OTHER WORDS FROM free-swinging
free-swing·er, nounWords nearby free-swinging
free-soiler,
free-spending,
free-spoken,
free-swimmer,
free-swimming,
free-swinging,
free-tailed bat,
free-to-air,
free-trade zone,
free-trader,
freebase
Example sentences from the Web for free-swinging
Can he avoid being knocked out by the free-swinging Newt Gingrich?
He could not mistake that free-swinging, level, deliberate stride, with the head so finely up.
Ewing\'s Lady |Harry Leon Wilson