"swingy" meaning in English

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          "text": "the swingy, shooty theatrics of Bionic Commando",
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          "ref": "2011, Karen Karbo, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel, page 169:",
          "text": "Which is not to say that a long rope of pearls is the obvious solution—too long and too swingy and you risk looking like you're on your way to a costume party dressed as a flapper.",
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        "Having a swinging motion."
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        "(informal) Having a swinging motion."
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          "text": "Fly has a swingy rhythm and some swell guitar work in its instrumental interludes.",
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        "Characteristic of swing music."
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          "ref": "2018 July 6, David Weigel, “The votes from California’s primary are finally in. Here’s what we learned.”, in The Washington Post:",
          "text": "The more than 2 million ballots that remained uncounted on election night are down to 6,037 votes in Lake County, a small but swingy region north of the San Francisco Bay area.",
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        "(informal, politics) Having many swing voters."
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