sweeper.
One who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
Meaning & usage
One who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
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.
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.
A carpet sweeper.
A vacuum cleaner.
A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er. Cognate with Middle Low German swēpære, swēper (“broom for sweeping up debris”, literally “sweeper”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.