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Swift

Noun1.Swift - United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
meat packer, packer - a wholesaler in the meat-packing business
2.Swift - an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
ironist, ridiculer, satirist - a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
3.swift - small plain-colored bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
apodiform bird - nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
Apodidae, family Apodidae - swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes
Apus apus, European swift - common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs
Chateura pelagica, chimney swallow, chimney swift - American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys
Collocalia inexpectata, swiftlet - swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest
4.swift - common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
fence 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"

 

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