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Definition: SWIFTER |
SWIFTERNoun1. The forward shroud of a lower mast. 2. A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides. 3. A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it. Transitive verb1. To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer. |
Date "SWIFTER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Crosswords: SWIFTER |
| Etymologies containing "SWIFTER": Swift. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Ovid | Nothing is swifter than our years. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "SWIFTER" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 97.92% of the time. "SWIFTER" is used about 48 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (comparative) | 97.92% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 48 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SWIFTER": swifter-moving. | |
Ending with "SWIFTER": ever-swifter. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
swifter | 108 |
swifter mop | 42 |
duster swifter | 33 |
jet swifter wet | 17 |
swifter wetjet | 6 |
coupon swifter | 5 |
floor mop swifter | 5 |
mop swifter wet | 4 |
swifter sweeper | 4 |
product swifter | 4 |
coupon jet swifter wet | 3 |
jet swifter | 3 |
cleaning product swifter | 3 |
coupon duster swifter | 2 |
swifter wet | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SWIFTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "较快速. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | " 속한 (Prompter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iftersway luaithe (faster, sooner, speedier). (various references) bomtåg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Apus apus, RM:randurel pitschen. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 9, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de bioV mou estin elafroteroV dromewV apedrasan kai ouk eidosan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore fugerunt et non viderunt bonum |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 9, Verse 25 |
| Albanian | Tani ditët e mia kalojnë më shpejt se një vrapues, ikin pa parë asnjë të mirë. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang akong mga adlaw karon labi pang matulin kay sa usa ka sinugo nga nagadala sa mga sulat: Sila nagadalagan, walay kaayohan nga ilang makita. |
| Chinese | 我 的 日 子 " 跑 信 的 更 快 、 急 速 過 去 、 不 見 福 樂 。 |
| Croatian | Od skoroteèe su brži moji dani, bježe daleko, nigdje dobra ne videæ.' |
| Danish | Raskere end Løberen fløj mine Dage, de svandt og så ikke Lykke, |
| Dutch | En mijn dagen zijn lichter geweest dan een loper; zij zijn weggevloden, zij hebben het goede niet gezien. |
| Finnish | Minun päiväni rientävät juoksijata nopeammin, pakenevat onnea näkemättä, |
| French | Mes jours sont plus rapides qu`un courrier; Ils fuient sans avoir vu le bonheur; |
| German | Meine Tage sind schneller gewesen denn ein Läufer; sie sind geflohen und haben nichts Gutes erlebt. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Jou yo pase pou mwen pi vit pase dlo larivyè. Pa gen yonn ki ban m' kè kontan. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hari-hariku berlalu dengan kencang, lalu menghilang tanpa merasa senang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa segala hariku sudah lalu terlebih pantasnya dari pada seorang barid; semuanya sudah terbang dengan tiada tahu melihat perkara yang baik. |
| Maori | ¶ Na, ko te hohoro o oku ra, nui atu i to te kaikawe pukapuka; e rere ana, kahore hoki e kite i te pai. |
| Norwegian | Mine dager har vært hastigere enn en løper; de er bortflyktet uten å ha sett noget godt; |
| Portuguese | Ora, os meus dias são mais velozes do que um correio; fogem, e não vêem o bem. |
| Rumanian | Zilele mele aleargq mai iuyi deckt un alergqtor; fug fqrq sq fi vqzut fericirea; |
| Russian | дОЙ НПЙ 'ЩУФТЕЕ ЗПО"Б, --'ЕЗХФ, ОЕ ЧЙ"СФ "П'ТБ, |
| Spanish | Mis días son más veloces que un corredor; huyen sin lograr ver el bien. |
| Swedish | Min dagar hasta undan snabbare än någon löpare, de fly bort utan att hava sett någon lycka; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SWIFTER": swifters. (additional references) | |
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"SWIFTER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Swaffer, swaiter, swife, swiftee, switar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SWIFTER" (pronounced swi"fter) |
| 4 | -i" f t er | drifter, lifter, shifter. |
| 3 | -f t er | after, drafter, Hefter, hereafter, laughter, rafter, shoplifter, softer, thereafter, weightlifter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-r-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: refits, resift, rifest, sifter, strife, twiers, wriest, writes. | |
-2 letters: feist, fires, first, frets, fries, frise, frits, refit, reifs, rifts, rites, serif, strew, swift, tiers, tires, trews, tries, twier, wefts, weirs, wifes, wires, wiser, wites, wrest, wries, wrist, write, writs. | |
-3 letters: efts, erst, fets, fire, firs, fist, fits, fret, frit, ires, refs, reft, reif. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-r-s-t-w" | |
+1 letter: fewtrils, swifters. | |
+2 letters: frowsiest, frowstier, frowziest, giftwares, welfarist, writeoffs. | |
+3 letters: firewaters, floweriest, frowstiest, profitwise, welfarists. | |
+4 letters: twinflowers, wolframites. | |
+5 letters: freewritings, whiffletrees. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Bible Trace 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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