Swing or swinging may refer to:
Apparatus
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Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and forth
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Pendulum, an object that swings
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Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus
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Swing ride, an amusement park ride consisting of suspended seats that rotate like a merry-go-round
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
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Swing (1938 film), an American film directed by Oscar Micheaux
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Swing (1999 film), an American film by Nick Mead
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Swing (2002 film), a French film by Tony Gatlif
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Swing (2003 film), an American film by Martin Guigui
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Swing (2010 film), a Hindi short film
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Swing (2021 film), an American film by Michael Mailer
Music
Styles
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Swing (jazz performance style), the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" in jazz
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Swing music, a style of jazz popular during the 1930s–1950s
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Swung rhythm, a rhythmic style in music
Groups and labels
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Swing (Canadian band), a Canadian néo-trad band
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Swing (Hong Kong band), a Hong Kong pop music group
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Swing Time Records, a record label
Albums
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The Swing (INXS album), a 1984 album by Australian rock band INXS
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Swing (The Manhattan Transfer album), 1997 album by The Manhattan Transfer
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Swing (soundtrack), soundtrack of the 1999 film
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Swing, a 2009 album by Christian De Sica
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Swing (Renée Geyer album), 2013 album by Renée Geyer
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Swing (EP), a 2014 album by South Korean-Chinese group, Super Junior-M
Songs
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"Swing" (Trace Adkins song), 2006, by Trace Adkins
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"Swing" (AMO song), a 2012 song by Slovak hip hop band AMO
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"Swing" (Savage song), 2005, by New Zealand performer Savage, released again in 2008 featuring Soulja Boy
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"Swing" (Sofi Tukker song), 2019
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"The Swing" (song), 1997, by American country music artist James Bonamy
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"Swing, Swing", 2003, by the All-American Rejects
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"Swing", 1980, by Japan from the album Gentlemen Take Polaroids
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"Swing", 2015, by Knuckle Puck from the album Copacetic
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"Swing", 2012, by Parkway Drive from the album Atlas
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"Swing", 2014, by Super Junior-M from the album Swing
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"Swing", 1983, by Yello
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"Swing", 2019, by Brooke Candy from the album Sexorcism
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
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Swing (dance), a group of dances that correspond to swing style of jazz music
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Swing (musical), a 1999 Broadway musical
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Swing (video game), a 1997 video game for the PC and PlayStation
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Swing, an understudy in the musical theatre who prepares several roles
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The Swing (painting), a 1767 rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
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Swinging (TV series), an Australian kids TV series.
Politics
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Swing (politics), the extent of change in voter support
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Swing (Australian politics), refers to the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election or opinion poll to another
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Swing (United Kingdom), an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties
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Captain Swing, a name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830
Sports
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Swing (boxing), a type of punch
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Baseball swing, the process of attempting to hit a ball with a bat in the game of baseball
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Golf swing or golf stroke mechanics, the means by which golfers analyze the execute their shots in the sport of golf
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Swing bowling, a subtype of fast bowling in cricket
Transportation
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Aquilair Swing, a French ultralight trike aircraft design
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S-Wing Swing, light sport aircraft designed and built in the Czech Republic
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Swing Bike, a bicycle where both front and rear wheels are steerable
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Swing Flugsportgeräte, German aircraft manufacturer
Other uses
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Swing (Java), a GUI widget toolkit for the Java programming language
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Swing (surname)
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Swing rifle, type of firearm
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Swing trading, when a tradable asset is held for one or more days to profit from price changes
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Swinging (sexual practice), when partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activities with others
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The Swing Youth (German: Swingjugend), a youth counterculture of jazz and swing lovers in Nazi Germany
See also
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The Swing (disambiguation)
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Swings (disambiguation)
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Swinger (disambiguation)
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Swingin' (disambiguation)
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Pendulum (disambiguation)
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Swung dash
