Tire Swing: "A swing consisting of a tire (usually an automobile) often hung by a single rope from a tree branch, and commonly suspended over pond or lake. Allows more variations in direction, stability, and enjoyment than the standard swing."
Tire Swing: "A swing (hanging seat) using a tire as the seat, which may be considered a children's toy, particularly in the U.S."
"I remember the old tree laughing as I leapt into the sky"
Mixed Drink: 3oz Amaretto, 3oz Orange Juice, 1oz White Rum, poured over ice and swung.
Tire: n., c.1300 an aphetic form of attire "Equipment, dress, covering", 1485 "Iron rim of carriage wheel", spelling shifted from tyre to tire 17c.-18c. revived to tyre in early 19c. in Britain, 1870's rubber placed on bicycles and, later, automobile wheels.
"The rope broke and one hundred playgrounds cried out."
Tyre is what the wheel wears.
Modern Swing: n., "A seat suspended by ropes or chains, on which someone may sit and swing in alternatively opposite directions while suspended or while on an axis"
"The rope broke and one hundred playgrounds cried out. We bounced."
O.E. Swingan "To rush, fling oneself; flog", P. Gmc. "Swenganan denoting violent circulatory motion", 1545 recorded definition "To move freely back and forth", 1687 recorded definition "Apparatus which swings".
Modern Swing: v., "To move in a sweeping curve"
"The old tree swung us and laughed and laughed"
