| Noun | 1. | Swift - United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903) | |
| 2. | Swift - an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745) | |
| 3. | swift - small plain-colored bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flightapodiform bird - nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight Apus apus, European swift - common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs | |
| 4. | swift - common western lizard; seen on logs or rocksfence lizard - spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico | |
| Adj. | 1. | swift - moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car" | |