Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈswipɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ˈswipɚ
Pronunciation notes
- US
Noun
One who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
- Examples
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‘I was [...] the sweeper of the seaboat. I had the job for two years. I know all about keeping boats tiddley.’
One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
A detector for mines.
Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
- Synonyms
A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
A batsman who plays sweep shots.
A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
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..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper)..
So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper..
A carpet sweeper.
A vacuum cleaner.
Usage- US usage
- Regional
A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
Usage- Cebu
- including
- Regional
The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.
A large-radius, or high/medium speed corner in a racing circuit, named as such because of the ability of someone to trace the corner profile via "sweeping" motion of the arm.
Usage- Slang
Noun
an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
- Broader terms
a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
- Broader terms