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Meanings of swing in English
A style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
Synonyms
Examples for "jive"
Examples for "jive"
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Neither club is yet equipped to jive with the surest of foot.
2
Seth returned the smile, exposing crooked teeth, yellow from years of jive-sweet.
3
We don't like the cast of Foxy Brown anymore, you jive turkeys.
4
His neat printing contrasts wildly with the bullshit jive of the message.
5
That really does not jive with their climate goals, she said.
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There is no higher praise than in swing music circles.
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A jam session is a musicale devoted to swing music.
3
It wouldn't have been American swing music, but it might have been Georgian swing music.
4
Brown helped pioneer the new jack swing music style in the 1980s and had a No.
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Our swing music is invented and improvised.
Catalan
vaivé Spanish
intercambio de pareja Usage of swing in English
1
Bankers believe swing days could become increasingly common given uncertain market conditions.
2
For the past decade he been its swing vote in major cases.
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A new manager will often swing the axe to clear a path.
4
One said: Why do people need to know about their sex swing?
5
Anthony Kennedy is considered the court's decisive, swing vote on abortion cases.
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Nonetheless, the swing in field position ultimately worked in the Cougars' favor.
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The swing and, in vocal music, the general spirit of the text.
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Dealers said the upward swing was driven by the main financial shares.
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He was the swing vote, a position very difficult for a ten-year-old.
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Which when you're looking for a pit-stop can often swing the vote.
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Products range from simple putting devices to swing aids and high-tech simulators.
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The prehensile way the long feet controlled the motion of the swing.
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Fine Gael's success has also bucked the national swing against the party.
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Now Mays lays it on thick: 'You showin' 'em how you swing?
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It decided the last election and looks likely to swing the referendum.
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The swing state of Ohio was the key battleground in the election.
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Translations for swing
Portuguese
Catalan
Russian
Swing through the time
Swing across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
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