Swing 157629 216401306 2008-06-01T13:57:22Z Thumperward 545027 /* Films and television */ redlink {{wiktionarypar|swing|swinging}} '''Swing''' may refer to: == Sports == * [[Swing bowling]], a subtype of fast bowling in cricket * [[Golf#The golf swing|Golf swing]] * [[Baseball#Batting|Baseball swing]] * [[Swing (boxing)]] == Dance== * [[Swing (dance)]] ** [[West Coast Swing]] ** [[East Coast Swing]] ** [[Lindy Hop]] ** [[Jive (dance)]] == Music== ===Key concepts=== * [[Swung note]], changes in the durations of pairs of notes *[[Swing (jazz performance style)]], term used to describe the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "[[Groove (music)|groove]]" in jazz * [[Swing music]], a style of jazz from the 1930s-1940s, also called "swing jazz" ====Other applications==== * An [[understudy]] in musical theatre who prepares several roles * ''[[Swing!]]'', a Broadway musical * [[Swing Out Sister]], a rock-jazz-pop musical group * [[Swing Kids]], a group of jazz and Swing lovers in 1930s Germany * [[Swing Kids (band)]], a hardcore punk band from San Diego, California in the mid 1990s * [[Swing (Savage song)]], a song by New Zealand performer Savage * [[Swing Time Records]], a record label * [[Swing (Manhattan Transfer album)]], 1997 album by [[The Manhattan Transfer]] * [[New jack swing]], a hybrid of hip hop and R&B that first emerged in 1987 * [[Fender Swinger]], a rare vintage Fender guitar == 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)|Swingers]]", the second episode of ''The Wonder Years'' == 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 US * [[Captain Swing]], an imaginary leader of the English rural uprising of 1830 ** [[Swing Riots]], an English rural uprising of 1830 == Other == * [[Swing (video game)]], a video game for the Playstation *[[Swing (seat)|suspended seat]], often found in backyards * [[Captain Swing (play)]], a play by Peter Whelan * [[Swing (Java)]], Sun's lightweight GUI library for the Java language * Swinger, a submodel of the [[Dodge Dart]] * [[Polaroid Swinger]], a Polaroid camera model * [[Sex swing]], a type of harness specifically for the purpose of sexual intercourse * [[Swingette]], a term used to describe the feminine gender engaging in swinging activities {{disambig-cleanup}} [[Category:Swing musicians| ]] [[Category:Big bands| ]] [[cs:Swing]] [[de:Swing]] [[es:Swing]] [[fr:Swing]] [[gl:Swing]] [[it:Swing (disambigua)]] [[nl:Swing]] [[ja:スウィング]] [[nn:Swing]] [[pl:Swing]] [[pt:Swing]] [[ru:Свинг]]