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Swing or swinging may refer to:

Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and forth
Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus
Swing ride, an amusement park ride consisting of suspended seats that rotate like a merry-go-round

Swing (boxing), a type of punch
Baseball swing, the process of hitting a ball with a bat in the game of baseball
Golf swing or Golf stroke mechanics, the means by which golfers analyze the execute their shots in the sport of golf
Swing bowling, a subtype of fast bowling in cricket

Swing (politics), the extent of change in voter support
Swing (Australian politics)
Swing (United Kingdom)
Captain Swing, a name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830

Swing (dance), a group of dances that correspond to swing style of jazz music
Swing (jazz performance style), the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" in jazz
Swing music, a style of jazz popular during the 1930s–1950s
Swing (musical), a 1999 Broadway musical
Swing, an understudy in the musical theatre who prepares several roles
New jack swing, a hybrid of hip hop and R&B that first emerged in 1987

"Swing", 1980, by Japan from the album Gentlemen Take Polaroids
"Swing", by Yello, 1983
"The Swing" (song), 1997, by American country music artist James Bonamy
"Swing, Swing", 2003, by the All-American Rejects
"Swing" (Savage song), 2005, by New Zealand performer Savage, released again in 2008 featuring Soulja Boy
"Swing" (Trace Adkins song), 2006, by Trace Adkins
"Swing" (Super Junior-M song), 2014, on the album Swing
"Swing", 2012, by Parkway Drive from the album Atlas
"Swing", 2015, by Knuckle Puck from the album Copacetic

Swing (Java), Oracle's lightweight GUI library for the Java programming language
Swing (video game), a 1997 video game for the PC and PlayStation
Swing Flugsportgeräte, German aircraft manufacturer
Swing Bike, a bicycle where both front and rear wheels are steerable
Aquilair Swing, a French ultralight trike aircraft design

The Swing (painting), a 1767 rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Sex swing, a type of harness specifically for the purpose of sexual intercourse
Swing rifle, type of firearm
Swing trading, a speculative activity in financial markets wherein a tradeable asset is held for between one and several days in an effort to profit from price changes or "swings"
Swinging (sexual practice), an arrangement in which partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activities with others

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 ==Music and dance==
-* [[New jack swing]], a hybrid of hip hop and R&B that first emerged in 1987
 * [[Swing (dance)]], a group of dances that correspond to swing style of jazz music
 * [[Swing (jazz performance style)]], the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or "groove" in jazz
+* [[Swing music]], a style of jazz popular during the 1930s–1950s
 * [[Swing (musical)|''Swing'' (musical)]], a 1999 Broadway musical
-* [[Swing music]], a style of jazz from the 1930s–1940s, also called "swing jazz"
 * Swing, an [[understudy]] in the musical theatre who prepares several roles
+* [[New jack swing]], a hybrid of hip hop and R&B that first emerged in 1987
 ===Artists and labels===