sweeper
pronunciation
How to pronounce sweeper in British English:
UK [ˈswi:pə(r)]
How to pronounce sweeper in American English:
US [ˈswipɚ]
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- Noun:
- an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
- a cleaning device with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the device is pushed over a carpet
- little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
Word Origin
- sweeper (n.)
- 1520s, agent noun from sweep (v.). As a position in soccer (association football) by 1964.
Example
- 1. Wealthier homes have an entourage stretching from sweeper to housekeeper .
- 2. Need help figuring out how to delete trace sweeper files ?
- 3. The street sweeper ubs investment banker signals possible plea .
- 4. I eventually got a job as a road sweeper .
- 5. This poem discusses the difficult life of a sweeper .