Swing

Swing or swinging may refer to:

Apparatus

 * Swing (seat), a hanging seat that swings back and forth
 * Pendulum, an object that swings
 * Russian swing, a swing-like circus apparatus
 * Sex swing, a type of harness for sexual intercourse
 * Swing ride, an amusement park ride consisting of suspended seats that rotate like a merry-go-round

Films

 * Swing (1938 film), an American film directed by Oscar Micheaux
 * Swing (1999 film), an American film by Nick Mead
 * Swing (2002 film), a French film by Tony Gatlif
 * Swing (2003 film), an American film by Martin Guigui
 * Swing (2010 film), a Hindi short film
 * Swing (2021 film), an American film by Michael Mailer

Styles

 * 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

Groups and labels

 * Swing (Canadian band), a Canadian néo-trad band
 * Swing (Hong Kong band), a Hong Kong pop music group
 * Swing Time Records, a record label

Albums

 * The Swing (INXS album), a 1984 album by Australian rock band INXS
 * Swing (The Manhattan Transfer album), 1997 album by The Manhattan Transfer
 * Swing, a 2009 album by Christian De Sica
 * Swing (Renée Geyer album), 2013 album by Renée Geyer
 * Swing (EP), a 2014 album by South Korean-Chinese group, Super Junior-M

Songs

 * "Swing" (Trace Adkins song), 2006, by Trace Adkins
 * "Swing" (AMO song), a 2012 song by Slovak hip hop band AMO
 * "Swing" (Savage song), 2005, by New Zealand performer Savage, released again in 2008 featuring Soulja Boy
 * "Swing" (Sofi Tukker song), 2019
 * "The Swing" (song), 1997, by American country music artist James Bonamy
 * "Swing, Swing", 2003, by the All-American Rejects
 * "Swing", 1980, by Japan from the album Gentlemen Take Polaroids
 * "Swing", 2015, by Knuckle Puck from the album Copacetic
 * "Swing", 2012, by Parkway Drive from the album Atlas
 * "Swing", 2014, by Super Junior-M from the album Swing
 * "Swing", 1983, by Yello
 * "Swing", 2019, by Brooke Candy from the album Sexorcism

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

 * Swing (dance), a group of dances that correspond to swing style of jazz music
 * Swing (musical), a 1999 Broadway musical
 * Swing (video game), a 1997 video game for the PC and PlayStation
 * Swing, an understudy in the musical theatre who prepares several roles
 * The Swing (painting), a 1767 rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Politics

 * Swing (politics), the extent of change in voter support
 * Swing (Australian politics), refers to the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election or opinion poll to another
 * Swing (United Kingdom), an indication of the scale of voter change between two political parties
 * Captain Swing, a name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830

Sports

 * Swing (boxing), a type of punch
 * Baseball swing, the process of attempting to hit 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

Transportation

 * Aquilair Swing, a French ultralight trike aircraft design
 * S-Wing Swing, light sport aircraft designed and built in the Czech Republic
 * Swing Bike, a bicycle where both front and rear wheels are steerable
 * Swing Flugsportgeräte, German aircraft manufacturer

Other uses

 * Swing (Java), a GUI widget toolkit for the Java programming language
 * Swing (surname)
 * Swing rifle, type of firearm
 * Swing trading, when a tradable asset is held for one or more days to profit from price changes
 * Swinging (sexual practice), when partners in a committed relationship engage in sexual activities with others