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Swing
Swing
Swing may refer to:
Sports
• Baseball swing • Golf swing • Swing bowling, a subtype of fast bowling in cricket • Swing (boxing)
"Swing," a song by Trace Adkins "Swing", a song by Yello Swing Time Records, a record label The Swing, a 1984 album by Australian rock band INXS • Swingin’, 1983 single
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Films and television
• Swing Kids (film), a 1993 Thomas Carter film • Swingers (1996 film), a 1996 American film directed by Doug Liman • Swingers (2002 film), a 2002 Dutch film directed by Stephan Brenninkmeijer • Swing Time, a 1936 Hollywood musical comedy film • Swing Out, Sister, a 1945 film • "Swingers" (Wonder Years episode), the second episode of The Wonder Years
Dance
• Swing (dance) • East Coast Swing • West Coast Swing • Jive (dance) • Lindy Hop
Music
Key concepts
• Swing (jazz performance style), term used to describe the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" in jazz • Swing music, a style of jazz from the 1930s-1940s, also called "swing jazz" • Swung note, changes in the durations of pairs of notes
Politics
• Swing (politics), in a British political context, an indication of the scale of voter change • Swing (Australian politics), a different sense from that employed in Britain • Marginal seat or swing seat, a district or constituency held with a particularly small majority • Swing state, in the U.S. • Captain Swing, an imaginary leader of the English rural uprising of 1830 • Swing Riots, an English rural uprising of 1830
Other applications
• Fender Swinger, a rare vintage Fender guitar • New jack swing, a hybrid of hip hop and R&B that first emerged in 1987 • Swing is a term in musical theatre for an understudy who prepares several roles • Swing!, a Broadway musical • Swing Kids, a group of jazz and Swing lovers in 1930s Germany • Swing (band), a Canadian néo-trad band • Swing Kids (band), a hardcore punk band from San Diego, California in the mid 1990s • Swing (Manhattan Transfer album), 1997 album by The Manhattan Transfer • Swing Out Sister, a rock-jazz-pop musical group • Swing (song), a song by New Zealand performer Savage
Computing
• Swing (Java), Sun’s lightweight GUI library for the Java language • Swing (video game), a video game for the PC and Playstation
Other uses
• Captain Swing (play), a play by Peter Whelan • Polaroid Swinger, a Polaroid camera model
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• Sex swing, a type of harness specifically for the purpose of sexual intercourse • Swing (seat), a suspended seat often found in backyards • Swinger, a submodel of the Dodge Dart
Swing
• Swingette, a term used to describe the feminine gender engaging in sexual swinging activities • The Swing (painting), a 1767 rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
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