swing

noun [U] (MUSIC)

/swɪŋ/

Definition

› a type of dance music that was popular in the 1930s and 40sJazz and blues

(Definition of swing noun (MUSIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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