sweeper
IPA: swˈipɝ
noun
- One who sweeps.
- 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.
- (soccer) 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.
- A carpet sweeper.
- (US, regional, including Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsylvania) A vacuum cleaner.
- (regional, including Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
- (hiking) The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
- (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.
- (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.
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Examples of "sweeper" in Sentences
- He played center back or sweeper.
- Many teams include a single sweeper.
- He plays sweeper and fullback position.
- He played as central defender or sweeper.
- Zastory's a member of the sweeper alliance.
- Fontanello plays as central defender or sweeper.
- A sweeper hopper with a filter assembly is provided.
- Usually the sweeper will be the controller of the defence.
- An engine is mounted on the frame for powering the sweeper.
- Avarice is a dog, falsehood the sweeper and cheating the eating of meat.