swift
swift is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as intransitive verb, adverb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.
- intransitive verb. Of short continuance; passing away quickly.
- adverb. Swiftly.
- noun. The current of a stream.
- noun. Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.
- noun. Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.
- noun. The ghost moth. See under Ghost.
- noun. A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
- noun. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
- noun. common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
- noun. a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
- noun. an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
- noun. United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
- adjective. moving very fast
"fleet of foot"
"the fleet scurrying of squirrels"
Synonyms
Common word forms
swifts, swiften, swifter, swiftly, swiftest, swiftness
Words from these letters
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