"swipper" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-swipper.ogg Forms: more swipper [comparative], most swipper [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English swiper (“agile, nimble”), from Old English swipor, ġeswipor (“astute, cunning, shifty”), from Proto-West Germanic *swipr, from Proto-Germanic *swipraz (“quick, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swing, sway, swerve, wander”), equivalent to swipe + -er. See swoop. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swiper|t=agile, nimble}} Middle English swiper (“agile, nimble”), {{inh|en|ang|swipor}} Old English swipor, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*swipr}} Proto-West Germanic *swipr, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*swipraz|t=quick, clever}} Proto-Germanic *swipraz (“quick, clever”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sweyb-|t=to bend, turn, swing, sway, swerve, wander}} Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swing, sway, swerve, wander”), {{suf|en|swipe|-er}} swipe + -er Head templates: {{en-adj}} swipper (comparative more swipper, superlative most swipper)
  1. (obsolete, Northern England, slang) nimble; quick Tags: Northern-England, obsolete, slang
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