Swing / take a swing at / swing by / in full swing

Swing is slang for to hang, as in by the neck, and dates from the early 18th century. To take a swing at i.e. to strike or attempt to strike someone dates from the early 19th century. Swing music, a genre of American jazz dates from the 1930s. Swing as in to exchange gratuitous sex, dates from the 1960s. Swing by is US colloquial for a brief visit, and dates from the early 1960s. In full swing describes any activity at its height or in full operation, and dates from the 1S00s, probably from the practice of bell ringing.