Oscillating Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "SWINGING" which means:

noun
• • Changing location by moving back and forth
adjective satellite
• • Characterized by a buoyant rhythm
verb
• • To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
• • To dance.
• • To ride on a swing.
• • To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
• • To hang from the gallows.
• • (of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
• • To fluctuate or change.
• • To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
• • To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
• • To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
• • To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
• • (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
• • To move one's arm in a punching motion.
• • In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
• • To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
• • To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
• • To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
adjective
• • Huge, immense.
• • Heavy, powerful, scathing.
• • Fine, good, successful.

An example sentence would be:

• • "The swinging pendulum kept time with the music."
• • "We found a swinging hammock in the backyard."

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