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Yes, swing is playable

...and is worth 11 points.

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"Swing" Definition

noun

A blow or stroke executed with a sweeping motion of the arm.
A course or tour that returns to the starting point: a swing across the state while campaigning.
A regular movement up or down, as in stock prices.
A seat suspended from above, as by ropes, on which one can ride back and forth for recreation.
A shift from one attitude, position, or condition to another: a swing to conservatism.

adjective

Determining an outcome; decisive: the swing vote.
Music Relating to or performing swing: a swing band.
Of or relating to musical swing .
That may swing often decisively either way on an issue or in an election .

idiom

In full swing At the highest level of activity or operation.

verb-transitive

Informal To bring around to the desired result: swing an election.
Informal To manage or arrange successfully: swing a deal.
Music To play (music) with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.
To cause to move back and forth, as on a swing.
To cause to move in a broad arc or curve: swing a bat; swung the car over.

verb-intransitive

Music To have a subtle, intuitively felt rhythm or sense of rhythm.
Music To play with a subtle, intuitively felt sense of rhythm.
Slang To be lively, trendy, and exciting.
Slang To be put to death by hanging.
Slang To engage freely in promiscuous sex.

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