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swift¹
- /swɪft/
Sounds like Swift · Rhymes with -ɪft
Where it comes from
From Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp- (“to twist; wind around”). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More at swivel.
adjective swifter · swiftest
- Fast; quick; rapid. swift action
- Capable of moving at high speeds.
- Quick-thinking; bright. That's what limos do — advertise, and he should have known that. But, as I told you before, officer, he's not too swift.
adverb more swift · most swift
- Swiftly. Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.
noun swifts
- A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
- Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus. As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.
- A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
- Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
- A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
- The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
- The current of a stream.
Swift²
- /swɪft/
Rhymes with -ɪft
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *kswéybʰ-e-ti
Proto-Germanic *swībaną
Old English swīfan
Old English swift
Middle English swift
English swiftder.
English Swift
Derived from swift, from Middle English swift, from Old English swift, from swīfan, from Proto-Germanic *swībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kswéybʰ-e-ti, from *ksweybʰ-.
proper noun Swifts
- A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person. Taylor Swift has countless Grammys and American Music Awards, but this new honor will be a first for the global pop star.
- A general-purpose multi-paradigm compiled programming language introduced by Apple Inc. in 2014. If anyone outside Apple saw Swift coming, they certainly weren't making any public predictions.
- Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT (“Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication”).SWIFT That year [2012], Iran was cut off from the Swift global payment system.
- An unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
- An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.
- A minor river in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; a which joins the (Warwickshire) in Avon north of Rugby.
- Ellipsis of Swift County
- Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT
SWIFT³
Where it comes from
Abbreviation.
proper noun
- Acronym of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
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noun
- Acronym of Structured What If Technique.Structured What If Technique
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- Acronym of Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport Studies.Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport Studies
