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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Examples of "swift" in Sentences
- The aftermath of the debate was swift.
- The vandalism will be swift and merciless.
- Their reaction to the announcement was swift.
- It is absolutely with all possible swiftness.
- Thanks for the swift response to the comments.
- Where is the lethal swiftness of the predator
- The reaction of the colonial authorities was swift.
- Suddenly they encountered what we call the swift kick.
- Also, the lack of swiftness is perfectly understandable.
- French retribution to the attack was swift and decisive.
- He is not r-rich, Max, and he is a little what you call swift, eh?
- Hopefully, such swiftness illustrates the futility of the endeavor.
- Congressman John Murtha is blasting what he calls swift boat style attacks stemming from his fight with Steny Hoyer.
- Congressman John Murtha today is blasting what he calls swift boat style attacks stemming from his fight with Steny Hoyer.
- They believe that people when they hear the term swift boat, know that this -- or believe that that is sort of a code for underhanded politics.
- They believe that people, when they hear the term swift boat, know that this -- or believe that that is sort of a code for underhanded politics.
- Thoas rules [8] the land, o'er barbarians, [Thoas,] who guiding his foot swift as the pinion, has arrived at this epithet [of Thoas, i.e. _the swift_] on account of his fleetness of foot.
- Analysts upgraded their target price for the company's stock on what they characterized as a swift turnaround in performance at the 90-plus-year-old firm, which has about $108-billion U.S. in assets.
- Judge had three or four track-hounds, and four of which he called swift-hounds, the latter including one pure-bred greyhound bitch of wonderful speed and temper, a dun-colored yelping animal which was a cross between a greyhound and a fox-hound, and two others that were crosses between a greyhound and a wire-haired Scotch deer-hound.