SWEEPER

sweeper

(noun) little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body

sweeper

(noun) an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

sweeper (plural sweepers)

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.

(football) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.

(curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.

(cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots.

(cricket) 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.

• ..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper).. Basic Essentials Canoe Paddling, 3rd - Page 62

• So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper.. River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting - Page 102

A carpet sweeper.

(US, regional, including, Ohio and Indiana) A vacuum cleaner.

(regional, including, Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.

Anagrams

• weepers

Source: Wiktionary

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Sweep"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper. It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy. Huxley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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