western swing

noun

: swing music played typically on country-music instruments (such as guitar, fiddle, or steel guitar)

Examples of western swing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Heat’s five-game western swing continues Wednesday night against the Clippers, before concluding with games Thursday night against the Golden State Warriors, Sunday against the Sacramento Kings and next Tuesday against the Utah Jazz. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

Trump’s stop is part of a western swing also taking him to rallies in Arizona and Montana on Wednesday. — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

During the just-complete long, six-game western swing, Nelson-Ododa scored in double figures four times, added double-digit rebounding three times. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

Her home state isn’t one of neat lines and concrete divisions; this is the only place in the world where bluegrass, zydeco, Tejano, western swing, and Mexican rancheras all coexist and sometimes even blend. — Cat Cardenas, Vogue, 7 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for western swing

• anything
• colouring
• everything
• nuzzling
• snorkeling
• splattering
• superstring
• underwing
• worshiping
• bing
• bring
• ching