| swing 2 (def. 1). |
[swing] 
,noun, adjective, verb, swung, swing⋅ing.| 1. | Also called Big Band music, swing music. a style of jazz, popular esp. in the 1930s and often arranged for a large dance band, marked by a smoother beat and more flowing phrasing than Dixieland and having less complex harmonies and rhythms than modern jazz. |
| 2. | the rhythmic element that excites dancers and listeners to move in time to jazz music. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of swing: a swing record. |
| 4. | to play (music) in the style of swing. |
