What does "sweeper" mean?
One who sweeps.
Sweeper
/ˈswipɚ/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: One who sweeps.
- Grammar: sweeper is listed as noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: broom, brooms, carpet sweeper, central defender.
- Useful contrasts: attacker, forward, hoovers.
- Usage evidence: Tom, you're the duster this week. Mary, you're the sweeper. I'm the dishwasher.
How to use "sweeper"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who sweeps.
- 2 little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body wordnet
- 3 One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
- 4 a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet wordnet
- 5 A detector for mines.
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- 6 an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) wordnet
- 7 Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
- 8 A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
- 9 A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
- 10 A batsman who plays sweep shots.
- 11 A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
- 12 A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
"..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper).."
- 13 A carpet sweeper.
- 14 A vacuum cleaner. US, regional
- 15 A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal. Cebu, including, regional
- 16 The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
- 17 A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.
- 18 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. slang
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Tom, you're the duster this week. Mary, you're the sweeper. I'm the dishwasher."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "sweeper"?
Common synonyms include: broom, brooms, carpet sweeper, central defender, cleaner, cruiser.
How do you use "sweeper" in a sentence?
Tom, you're the duster this week. Mary, you're the sweeper. I'm the dishwasher.
How do you pronounce "sweeper"?
Pronounced /ˈswipɚ/.
Etymology
From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”).