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Meaning
Noun
●
One who sweeps.
●
One who
sweeps
floors
or chimneys.
●
A
detector
(for mines).
●
Any of the small,
tropical
marine
perciform
fishes
of the family Pempheridae,
typically
with
deeply
keeled
,
compressed
bodies
and large eyes.
●
In Football (soccer):
A
defender
who is the last
line
of
defence
before the goalkeeper.
●
In Curling:
A person who
sweeps
the
ice
ahead of
the rock
in play.
●
In Cricket:
A
batsman
who
plays
sweep
shots.
●
In Cricket:
A
fielding position
along the
boundary
; a
fielder
in this
position
.
●
A
tree
that has
fallen over
a
river
with
branches
extending
into the water.
●
A
carpet
sweeper.
●
In American English, Indiana English, Ohio English, Regional English, Western Pennsylvania English, Cleaning, People & Percoid fish:
A
vacuum
cleaner.
●
In Cebu English, Regional English & Cleaning:
A group of students
tasked
at
cleaning
the
homeroom
after
class
dismissal.
●
The last person in the
line
of
hikers
that is
responsible
for
ensuring
no one
gets
separated
from the group.
●
In Video games:
A
character
designed
or
capable
of
knocking out
multiple
enemies
in
succession
, usually due to a
combination
of high
offense
and high speed.
●
In Motor racing:
A large-radius, or high/medium
speed
corner
in a
racing
circuit
,
named
as such
because of the ability of someone to
trace
the
corner
profile
via "sweeping"
motion
of the arm.
Sourced from
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