swift

IPA: swˈɪft

noun

  • A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
  • Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
  • (entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
  • (entomology) Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
  • (textiles) A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls.
  • The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
  • (obsolete) The current of a stream.
  • A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.
  • (computing) A general-purpose multi-paradigm compiled programming language introduced by Apple Inc. in 2014.
  • An unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
  • An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
  • An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.
  • A minor river in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the (Warwickshire) Avon north of Rugby.
  • (finance) Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT (“Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication”)
  • (banking) Acronym of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
  • Acronym of Social Widget Information Filtering Technologies.
  • (UK) Acronym of South Wales Integrated Fast transit.
  • (aviation) Acronym of Southwest Airlines Integrated Flights Tracking.
  • (US, Colorado) Acronym of Statewide Interlibrary loan Fast Track.
  • (US, Colorado) Acronym of State Wildland Inmate Fire Team.
  • (computing) Acronym of Simple Web Interface Toolset.
  • (business, risk analysis) Acronym of Structured What If Technique.
  • (mathematics) Acronym of Stored Waveform Inverse Fourier Transform.
  • (sciences, transport) Acronym of Stratospheric Wind Interferometer For Transport Studies.

adjective

  • Fast; quick; rapid.
  • Capable of moving at high speeds.

adverb

  • (obsolete, poetic) Swiftly.
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