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play pendulum

play pendulum verb: to swing or oscillate in the manner of a pendulum.

Verb

play pendulum (third-person singular simple present plays pendulum, present participle playing pendulum, simple past and past participle played pendulum)

  1. (obsolete) To swing or oscillate in the manner of a pendulum.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, obsolete) To sway from one emotion or state of mind to another.

Forms of play pendulum

third-person singular presentplays pendulum
present participleplaying pendulum
past participleplayed pendulum
pastplayed pendulum

Questions about play pendulum

What does play pendulum mean?
Play pendulum means to swing or oscillate in the manner of a pendulum.
What part of speech is play pendulum?
Play pendulum is a verb.
What is the past tense of play pendulum?
The past tense of play pendulum is played pendulum.

Words near play pendulum in the dictionary

  1. play out
  2. play park
  3. play parks
  4. play parties
  5. play party
  6. play pendulum
  7. play place
  8. play politics
  9. play possum
  10. play pretties
  11. play pretty

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