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  • 1swing — vb 1 Swing, wave, flourish, brandish, shake, thrash are comparable when they mean to wield or to handle something so that it moves alternately backward and forward or upward and downward or around and around. Swing often implies regular… …

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  • 2wave — [wāv] vi. waved, waving [ME waven < OE wafian, akin to Ger waben, to fluctuate < IE * webh , to move to and fro, prob. identical with * webh , to WEAVE] 1. to move up and down or back and forth in a curving or undulating motion; swing, sway …

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  • 3Swing revival — Stylistic origins Big Band Swing Jump blues Rock music Cultural origins 1920s 1950s; 1990s Typical instruments clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar …

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  • 4swing — [swiŋ] vi. swung, swinging [ME swingen < OE swingan, akin to Ger schwingen, to brandish < IE base * sweng , to curve, swing] 1. to sway or move backward and forward with regular movement, as a freely hanging object or a ship at anchor;… …

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  • 5Swing — Swing, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swung}; Archaic imp. {Swang}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinging}.] [OE. swingen, AS. swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to soar, OHG. swingan… …

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  • 6wave — vb *swing, flourish, brandish, shake, thrash Analogous words: wield, swing, manipulate, *handle, ply: undulate, sway, *swing, fluctuate: *shake, quiver, quaver …

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  • 7Swing Unlimited — Big Band is a community based Big Band, and is probably unique in British Jazz in that it is totally self funding, receiving no grant of any kind, making it a true community band, being run by the community, for the community. The current musical …

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  • 8swing — [n] moving back and forth beat, cadence, cadency, fluctuation, lilt, measure, meter, motion, oscillation, rhythm, stroke, sway, swaying, tempo, undulation, vibration; concepts 65,748 swing [v] move back and forth; be suspended avert, away, be… …

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  • 9wave — [n] sea surf, current bending, billow, breaker, coil, comber, convolution, corkscrew, crest, crush, curl, curlicue, drift, flood, foam, ground swell, gush, heave, influx, loop, movement, outbreak, rash, ridge, ripple, rippling, rocking, roll,… …

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  • 10Wave Swinger — The Wave Swinger is an amusement ride, often called a swing or swinger ride, like a Yo Yo or Chair o Planes. However the Wave Swinger s unique design separates it from most other swing rides, as the canopy from which the swings are hung tilts and …

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