| swift | | |
| n. (person) | 1. gustavus franklin swift, swift | United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903). |
| ~ meat packer, packer | a wholesaler in the meat-packing business. |
| n. (person) | 2. dean swift, jonathan swift, swift | an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745). |
| ~ ironist, ridiculer, satirist | a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm. |
| n. (animal) | 3. swift | a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. |
| ~ apodiform bird | nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight. |
| ~ apodidae, family apodidae | swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes. |
| ~ apus apus, european swift | common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs. |
| ~ chateura pelagica, chimney swallow, chimney swift | American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys. |
| ~ collocalia inexpectata, swiftlet | swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest. |
| n. (animal) | 4. blue-belly, sceloporus occidentalis, swift, western fence lizard | common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks. |
| ~ fence lizard | spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico. |
| adj. | 5. fleet, swift | moving very fast.; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner" |
| ~ fast | acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" |
Recent comments
7 weeks 6 days ago
7 weeks 6 days ago
8 weeks 1 hour ago
8 weeks 4 days ago
12 weeks 6 days ago
13 weeks 5 days ago
14 weeks 3 days ago
14 weeks 4 days ago
19 weeks 17 hours ago
34 weeks 4 days ago