Associations to the word «Sweeper»

SWEEPER, noun. One who sweeps floors or chimneys

SWEEPER, noun. A detector (for mines)

SWEEPER, noun. A small, tropical marine perciform fish of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.

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

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

SWEEPER, noun. (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots

SWEEPER, noun. (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position

SWEEPER, noun. A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.

SWEEPER, noun. An employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.).

SWEEPER, noun. A cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet.

SWEEPER, noun. Little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body.