Curl
Swing
Swing verb - To change one's course or direction.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| long | long curl | long swing |
| short | short curl | short swing |
| single | single curl | single swing |
| little | little curl | little swing |
Common collocations
| tail | curl tail | swing tail |
Both words in one sentence
- This is in full swing in the Siren series... which actually works against the player, as they enforce it by having children panic and curl into a ball before they're actually even hit, yielding a game over.
Source: Infant Immortality / Video Games -
Sonic, Tails and Knuckles all still default to rolling into a ball mid-jump, allowing for the traditional "stomp" on top of their other abilities, but Amy doesn't curl into a ball and will suffer Collision Damage if she doesn't swing her hammer in conjunction with the jump.
Source: Goomba Stomp
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