"sweeper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈswipɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-sweeper.ogg [Australia] Forms: sweepers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swepere}} Middle English swepere, {{m|enm|swepare}} swepare, {{suf|en|sweep|er|id2=agent noun}} sweep + -er, {{cog|gml|swēpære}} Middle Low German swēpære, {{m|gml|swēper|t=broom for sweeping up debris}} swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweeper (plural sweepers)
  1. One who sweeps.
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-XNNe4dtP
  2. One who sweeps floors or chimneys. Translations (one who sweeps floors or chimneys): كَنَّاس (kannās) [masculine] (Arabic), метач (metač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), escombriaire [masculine] (Catalan), nuohooja (english: chimneys) (Finnish), siivooja (Finnish), lakaisija (english: floors) (Finnish), balayeur (French), Raumpfleger [masculine] (German), Putzfrau [feminine] (German), Putzmann [masculine] (German), Kaminkehrer [masculine] (German), spazzino [masculine] (Italian), kaitahi (Maori), kaitahi para (Maori), măturător [masculine] (Romanian), măturători [masculine, plural] (Romanian), подмета́льщик (podmetálʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), подмета́льщица (podmetálʹščica) [feminine] (Russian), убо́рщик (ubórščik) [masculine] (Russian), убо́рщица (ubórščica) (english: cleaner) [feminine] (Russian), трубочи́ст (trubočíst) [masculine] (Russian), трубочи́стка (trubočístka) (english: chimney sweep) [feminine] (Russian), barrendero [masculine] (Spanish), sopare (english: floor, street) [common-gender, usually] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-pc2CScwF Disambiguation of 'one who sweeps floors or chimneys': 17 47 1 1 3 7 4 2 2 3 5 1 3 2 2
  3. A detector for mines.
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-ByBXstpr
  4. Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-~P1NiMjO
  5. (soccer) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper. Categories (topical): Football (soccer) Synonyms: libero Translations (in soccer): метач (metač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), defensa lliure [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), libero (Finnish), libéro [masculine] (French), libero [masculine] (French), Libero [masculine] (German), Ausputzer [masculine] (German), libero [masculine] (Italian), чи́стильщик (čístilʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), libero [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-fuHYywzw Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'in soccer': 3 2 3 2 18 14 7 10 4 2 7 3 6 8 10
  6. (curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play. Categories (topical): Curling
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-JnLZV5i0 Topics: ball-games, curling, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  7. (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-LTg~YCe0 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  8. (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-GzLYR8rb Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  9. A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-LhN~RbPo
  10. A carpet sweeper. Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun--WEVrE0T Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 3 4 1 7 3 5 3 8 7 17 18 4 4 8 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 0 3 4 7 4 10 8 15 16 5 4 8 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 1 3 5 5 3 6 5 23 24 3 3 5 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 5 5 1 3 4 5 3 8 8 16 18 5 4 7 8
  11. (US, regional, including Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsylvania) A vacuum cleaner. Tags: US, regional Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-6nXQ5-F1 Disambiguation of People: 7 6 0 7 12 12 14 6 4 0 17 4 3 1 5 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 3 4 1 7 3 5 3 8 7 17 18 4 4 8 7 Categories (other): American English, Indiana English, Ohio English, Regional English, Western Pennsylvania English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 0 3 4 7 4 10 8 15 16 5 4 8 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 1 3 5 5 3 6 5 23 24 3 3 5 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 5 5 1 3 4 5 3 8 8 16 18 5 4 7 8
  12. (regional, including Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal. Tags: Cebu, including, regional Categories (topical): Cleaning
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-2DlkdNgr Disambiguation of Cleaning: 4 3 4 5 3 7 9 7 7 3 10 20 4 6 7 Categories (other): Cebu English, Regional English
  13. (hiking) The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-Dz176TJn
  14. (video games) A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-WsaHOx6d Topics: video-games
  15. (motor racing, slang) 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. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-sweeper-en-noun-9dKJJ5FV Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carpet sweeper, chimney sweeper, crossing-sweeper, minesweeper, street sweeper

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sweeper meaning in English (16.5kB)

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          "code": "ca",
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          "word": "defensa lliure"
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          "sense": "in soccer",
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          "word": "Ausputzer"
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          "code": "it",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "word": "чи́стильщик"
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подмета́льщик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podmetálʹščica",
      "sense": "one who sweeps floors or chimneys",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подмета́льщица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubórščik",
      "sense": "one who sweeps floors or chimneys",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "убо́рщик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "cleaner",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubórščica",
      "sense": "one who sweeps floors or chimneys",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "убо́рщица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trubočíst",
      "sense": "one who sweeps floors or chimneys",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трубочи́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "chimney sweep",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trubočístka",
      "sense": "one who sweeps floors or chimneys",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "трубочи́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who sweeps floors or chimneys",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barrendero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "floor, street",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who sweeps floors or chimneys",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "sopare"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "metač",
      "sense": "in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "defensa lliure"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in soccer",
      "word": "libero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libéro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libero"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Libero"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausputzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "libero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čístilʹščik",
      "sense": "in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чи́стильщик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "libero"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweeper"
}

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