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backswing |
in sports, the first part of the swing of a bat, club, racket, or the like, in which it is swung toward the player's back in preparation for the forward swing. |
bandleader |
the conductor of a band, esp. a big band or swing band. |
big band |
the style of music played by a big band, such as swing and jazz dance music. [1/2 definitions] |
dangle |
to hang or swing loosely. [2 definitions] |
downswing |
a swing in a downward direction, as of a golf club. [1/2 definitions] |
flap |
to swing or wave back and forth with a slapping sound. [1/5 definitions] |
follow-through |
the final part of a stroke, kick, throw, or swing, as of a golf club after the ball has been hit. [1/2 definitions] |
gate-leg table |
a table with gatelike leg units that swing out from the frame to support hinged leaves. |
gibbon |
a kind of primate that lives in Asian rain forests. Gibbons are small apes that can weigh up to twenty-five pounds. They have long arms and can swing quickly through trees. All kinds of gibbons are endangered. |
hinge |
a device on a door, window, or lid made of two pieces connected so that one piece can open, close, or swing upon the other. [1/3 definitions] |
hook |
in boxing, to swing at or hit with the arm bent. [1/18 definitions] |
jitterbug |
a popular, improvised, and athletic dance of the 1940s done to jazz, swing, or boogie-woogie music. [1/3 definitions] |
jive |
swing or jazz music. [3/6 definitions] |
lash1 |
to swing or fling suddenly. [1/11 definitions] |
lift |
a happier feeling; upward swing of emotion. [1/12 definitions] |
monkey bars |
any of numerous arrangements of horizontal and vertical bars, used as playground equipment for children to climb on, swing from, and the like; jungle gym. |
oscillate |
to swing steadily and repeatedly back and forth. [1/4 definitions] |
oscillation |
a single swing or variation in one direction by something that oscillates. [1/2 definitions] |
overswing |
combined form of swing. |
pendulous |
hanging downward; suspended so as to swing or sway. [1/2 definitions] |
pendulum |
a weight suspended on a long cord, wire, or lever so as to swing back and forth under the influence of gravity. |
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