schwung

Noun capitalized: Schwung

Schwung

1. (idiomatic, uncommon) Drive, energy, or verve.
   • Now in regard to the points here raised by Mr. Brown it might perhaps be replied that the schwung alluded to belonged to the man, not the dialect, and that Tennyson could never have restricted himself to the Lincolnshire dialect, his outlook on the world and his knowledge of life necessarily...1901, Edwing Waugh, John Trafford Clegg, Oliver Ormeord, Miss Lahee, “The Lancashire Memorial”, in The Northern Counties Magazine, volume 1, page 360
   • Crisp turn-out, a waft of scent and face-powder, a laugh, a glance, a dash of chic, of schwung and pep, the twinkling of nimble legs on and off the train step.1931, Berta Ruck, Offer of Marriage, page 12