Answer to "Big Band music" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SWING which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2013.

Big Band music crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SWING	75 %	5
RUMBA	13 %	5
JIVE	13 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Big Band music

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• swing
• jazz
• jive
• rumba
• basie
• era
• combo
• leader
• sax
• devo
• octet
• sousa

Crossword Answer definitions

SWING noun

1. The manner in which something is swung.
2. The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
3. A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
4. A hanging seat in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
5. A dance style.
6. The genre of music associated with this dance style.
7. The amount of change towards or away from something.
8. Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
9. Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
10. In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
11. A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
12. Free course; unrestrained liberty.
13. Influence or power of anything put in motion.
14. A type of hook with the arm more extended.

SWING verb

1. To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
2. To dance.
3. To ride on a swing.
4. To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
5. To hang from the gallows.
6. (of a ball) to move sideways in its trajectory.
7. To fluctuate or change.
8. To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
9. To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
10. To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
11. To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
12. (of a bowler) to make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
13. To move one's arm in a punching motion.
14. In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
15. To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
16. To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
17. To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SWING

• Genre for Benny and Artie
• Music category
• Move on a hinge
• Big Band style
• With 77-Down, 1935-45 in music
• Playground fixture
• Benny Goodman's genre
• Goodman's musical style
• Louis Armstrong's music
• Take a cut

More clues leading to the result RUMBA

• Cuban dance
• Beguine relative
• "Dancing with the Stars" routine
• Cuban rugcutting music
• Syncopated dance
• Latin dance style
• Dance of Cuban origin
• Cuban ballroom dance
• Cuban steps
• Ballroom dance

More clues leading to the result JIVE

• Tease, slangily
• Glib speech
• Jazz lingo
• Hipster's lingo
• Music form
• "Dancing With the Stars" dance
• Dog's tongue?
• Jazz jargon
• Jazzy jargon
• Hipster-ese