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SWINGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does swingy mean?
• SWINGY (adjective)
The adjective SWINGY has 1 sense:
1. characterized by a buoyant rhythm
Familiarity information: SWINGY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by a buoyant rhythm
Synonyms:
lilting; swinging; swingy; tripping
Context example:
a tripping singing measure
Similar:
rhythmic; rhythmical (recurring with measured regularity)
Derivation:
swing (a jaunty rhythm in music)
swing (a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz)
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