Drop
Swing
Swing verb - Hang freely.
How words are described
| good | good drop | good swing |
| full | full drop | full swing |
| nice | nice drop | nice swing |
| long | long drop | long swing |
| Other adjectives: better, normal, short, original, top, single, hard, massive, huge, dramatic, final, last, vertical, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Stories abound of adventurers trying to swing across or drop down on a rope, only to discover that a 50-foot rope isn't much help in a 10-foot drop.
Source: Bottomless Pits -
As a game based on the swashbuckling genre, it allowed (and even encouraged) PCs to swing on chandeliers for tactical advantage, such as to escape from enemies or drop on top of them.
Source: Chandelier Swing -
You can be in the middle of a swing and then drop to the other character.
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