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swing set

3.7

A group of swing jazz songs played together to make people dance

noun
/swɪŋ sɛt/

: set de swing

The band played a lively swing set that got everyone on the dance floor.

Examples

The festival featured a special swing set performed by a renowned jazz ensemble.
After their opening swing set, the musicians received enthusiastic applause from the audience.
The band played a lively swing set at the festival.
Did you enjoy the swing set during the concert?
The band played a lively swing set that got everyone on the dance floor.
After their opening swing set, the musicians received enthusiastic applause from the audience.
The festival featured a special swing set performed by a renowned jazz ensemble.

Synonyms

swing

vsswing set

60 4.8

A lively jazz music style with a strong rhythm

is the performance grouping of pieces in that jazz rhythm for concerts

swing music

vsswing set

1 3.9

A lively style of jazz with a strong beat that big bands play

is a sequence of pieces performed together in that jazz style for concerts

Surface Forms

swing set singular

swing sets plural

Morphology

swing + set

The meaning is directly compositional: a 'swing set' is simply a set/group of swings, which a learner who knows 'swing' (a hanging seat) and 'set' (a group of related items) can infer. This noun–noun compounding pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner encountering the phrase for the first time would readily understand its meaning.

Etymology

Swing set comes from jazz bands: the word set here means 'a group of songs' and swing is the lively jazz style that makes people move. So a swing set is a group of swing tunes played together in one performance.