swift

  • 71Swift — noun originally a nickname for a swift or quick person …

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  • 72swift — [OE] The etymological meaning of swift appears to be ‘moving along a course’; ‘speed’ is a secondary development. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *swei ‘swing, bend’, which also produced English sweep, swivel [14], and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 73Swift — swɪft n. family name; Jonathan Swift (1667 1745), Irish born English satirist, author of A Modest Proposal and Gulliver s Travels …

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  • 74swift — swɪft n. any of a number of long winged birds characterized by their swift flight adj. fast, quick; immediate, hasty; prompt; smart, clever (Informal) …

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  • 75swift — intelligent, smart, bright    I m not very swift when I try to do calculus. I usually fail …

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  • 76swift — adjective 1》 happening quickly or promptly. 2》 moving or capable of moving at high speed. adverb literary except in combination swiftly: a swift acting poison. noun 1》 a fast flying insectivorous bird with long, slender wings, spending most of… …

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  • 77Swift — Sp Sviftas Ap Swift L JAV apyg. (Minesota) …

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  • 78swift — adj 1. quick, fast, fleet, speedy; hurried, rapid, winged, express, expeditious, galloping, tantivy, light of heel, eagle winged, quick as lightning, swift as an arrow; brisk, lively, agile, light footed, nimble, spry, active, agitated, feverish …

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  • 79swift — adj. clever; intelligent; smart. You re not too swift, are you? …

    English slang

  • 80swift — tikrieji čiurliai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Apus angl. swift vok. Segler, m rus. стриж, m pranc. martinet, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrieji čiurliai siauresnis terminas – afrikinis čiurlys siauresnis terminas …

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