sweeper
US/ˈswipɚ/
sweeper noun: one who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
Noun
sweeper (plural sweepers)
- One who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
- ‘I was [...] the sweeper of the seaboat. I had the job for two years. I know all about keeping boats tiddley.’1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 97
- 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:
- libero
- 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.
- ..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper)..2007, Basic Essentials Canoe Paddling, 3rd - Page 62
- 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..1975, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting - Page 102
- A carpet sweeper.
- A vacuum cleaner.
- A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
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- 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.
sweeper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
sweeper in Hindi
- a sweeper; outcaste
- चूहड़ा cūhṛā
sweeper in Tamil
- துப்பரவாளர்
sweeper in Urdu
- بھنگن, بھنگی, جاروب کش, خاکروب, مہتر, مہترانی
sweeper in Malayalam
- തൂപ്പുകാരി, തൂപ്പുകാരൻ, മൈൻ മാറ്റുന്നതിനുള്ള കപ്പൽ, ശുചീകരണപ്രവർത്തകർ
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- sweeper in Kannada
- ಕಸ ಗುಡಿಸುವವ, ಕಸ ಹುಡುಗುವವ
- sweeper in Pashto
- جاروکښ jārukə́x̌
- sweeper in Arabic
- كَنَّاس kannās
Examples of sweeper in a sentence
- When we get to the bottom of the rapids, draw left to avoid the sweepers.
- When we get to the bottom of the rapids, draw right to avoid the sweepers.
- Sweeper keepers have high “soccer IQs” and know how to “read” the game brilliantly.
Synonyms of sweeper
Forms of sweeper
| plural | sweepers |
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Origin of sweeper
From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”, literally “sweeper”).
Words formed from sweeper
Questions about sweeper
- What does sweeper mean?
- Sweeper means one who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
- What is sweeper in Hindi?
- Sweeper in Hindi is चूहड़ा (cūhṛā). See Sweeper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sweeper?
- Sweeper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sweeper?
- Sweeper is pronounced /ˈswipɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of sweeper?
- The plural of sweeper is sweepers.
Words near sweeper in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sweeper (page history and authors); चूहड़ा (Hindi) (page history and authors); sweeper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sweeper (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sweeper (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sweeper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جاروکښ (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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