Swift - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |swɪft|  American pronunciation of the word swift
Brit.  |swɪft|  British pronunciation of the word swift

noun

- United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
- an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
- a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
- common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

adjective

- moving very fast (syn: fleet)
a swift current
swift flight of an arrow
a swift runner

Extra examples

...the sleekest, swiftest boat ever to have sailed in the regatta...

...tried to cross the swift-flowing river...

A light chaise running as swift as a Laplander's sledge.

My letter received a swift reply.

She shot a swift glance at Paul.

They were swift to deny the accusations.

She wiped her tears away in one swift movement.

...the judge's swift rejection of the lawyer's request for a recess...

...the swift seduction of the college freshman into a life of drinking and partying...

Our swift frigate cleaved through the water.

Hungry as wolves, swift and sudden as a torrent from the mountains, they disembogued.

The swift does not flap its wings so often as the swallow.

The Sergeant told Swift to guard the entrance.

A swift picture of the sort of women he would have in his bed sprang unasked into her mind.

Tom Swift looked at his cabin mates inquiringly

Word forms

noun
singular: swift
plural: swifts
adjective
comparative: swifter
superlative: swiftest
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