English Explanatory Dictionary

sweeper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who sweeps.
  2. One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
  3. A detector for mines.
  4. Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
  5. A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
  6. A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
  7. A batsman who plays sweep shots.
  8. A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
  9. A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
  10. A carpet sweeper.
  11. A vacuum cleaner.
  12. A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.

Pronunciation

/ˈswipɚ/ en-au-sweeper.ogg

Word forms

sweeper sweepers

Etymology

From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”).

Synonyms

libero

Derived words

carpetsweeper carpet sweeper chimney sweeper crossing-sweeper minesweeper Skysweeper street sweeper sweeperess sweeper-keeper trench sweeper

Translations

Bulgarian: метач Catalan: defensa lliure Chinese Mandarin: 清道夫 Finnish: libero French: libéro French: libero German: Libero German: Ausputzer Italian: libero Russian: чи́стильщик Swedish: libero
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