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Definition: Sweeper |
SweeperNoun1. An employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.). 2. A cleaning device with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the device is pushed over a carpet. 3. Little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sweeper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Keeps working areas in production departments of industrial establishment in clean and orderly condition, performing any combination of following duties: Transports raw materials and semifinished products or supplies between departments or buildings to supply machine tenders or operators with materials for processing, using handtruck. Arranges boxes, material, and handtrucks or other industrial equipment in neat and orderly manner. Cleans lint, dust, oil, and grease from machines, overhead pipes, and conveyors, using brushes, airhoses, or steam cleaner. Cleans screens and filters. Scrubs processing tanks and vats. Cleans floors, using water hose, and applies floor drier. Picks up reusable scrap for salvage and stores in containers. Performs other duties as described under CLEANER (any industry) I Master Title. May burn waste and clean incinerator. May pick up refuse from plant grounds and maintain area by cutting grass or shoveling snow. May operate industrial truck to transport materials within plant. May start pumps to force cleaning solution through production machinery, piping, or vats. May start pumps to lubricate machines. May be designated according to area cleaned as Alley Cleaner (textile); Can-Filling-Room Sweeper (beverage); Casting-And-Locker-Room Servicer (plastic-synth.); Ceiling Cleaner (any industry); Engine-Room Cleaner (any industry); Floor Cleaner (any industry); Overhead Cleaner (any industry). (references) |
| Keeps premises of office building, apartment house, or other commercial or institutional building in clean and orderly condition: Cleans and polishes lighting fixtures, marble surfaces, and trim, and performs duties described in CLEANER (any industry) I Master Title. May cut and trim grass, and shovel snow, using power equipment or handtools. May deliver messages. May transport small equipment or tools between departments. May setup tables and chairs in auditorium or hall. May be designated according to duties performed as Hall Cleaner (hotel & rest.); Light-Fixture Cleaner (any industry); Marble Cleaner (any industry); Metal Polisher (any industry); Paint Cleaner (any industry); or according to equipment used as Scrubbing-Machine Operator (any industry). (references) | |
Slang | Noun. Source: Unknown. Definition: Station promotion between songs. Context: DJ will have to read one after every few songs to collect all that has happened and let the public know about the music played and the music to come. Social Source: KRVM Radio Station Employees. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Sports & Leisure | In Canada and the United States, -- use corn brooms. . . Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | A machine for sweeping and possibly picking up rubbish from the ground. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: SweeperSynonym: carpet sweeper (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sweeper |
| English words defined with "sweeper": push broom. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sweeper": broom-machine operator ♦ MAINTENANCE WORKER, MUNICIPAL ♦ STREET-SWEEPER OPERATOR, SWEEPER-BRUSH MAKER, MACHINE ♦ tractor-sweeper driver. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sweeper": Balayeuse. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | If I just got a job, learned to be a street sweeper ("The Message"; performing artist: Grandmaster Flash) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Master Sweeper (1930) Jo the Crossing Sweeper (1918) Ghost Sweeper Mikami (1993) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | C. & N.W. R.R., Mrs. Elibia Siematter, employed as a sweeper at the roundhouse, Clinton, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Sweeper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sweeper" is used about 134 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 134 | 27,488 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sweeper": carpet sweeper ♦ Chimney sweeper ♦ mechanical sweeper ♦ mine sweeper ♦ road sweeper ♦ street sweeper ♦ suction sweeper ♦ sweeper track. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sweeper": sweeper-up. | |
Ending with "sweeper": road-sweeper. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
spy sweeper | 957 | power sweeper | 31 |
sweeper | 426 | sweeper tennant | 28 |
lawn sweeper | 288 | spy sweeper webroot | 26 |
street sweeper | 199 | blinx cheat sweeper time | 24 |
magnetic sweeper | 153 | pool sweeper | 23 |
internet sweeper | 150 | cordless sweeper | 23 |
shark cordless sweeper | 127 | hoover sweeper | 22 |
shark sweeper | 86 | mine sweeper | 22 |
carpet sweeper | 79 | sweeper truck | 20 |
history sweeper | 55 | control erosion king.com striping sweeper sweeping | 18 |
vacuum sweeper | 52 | sweeper broom | 18 |
floor sweeper | 51 | blake chimney sweeper william | 17 |
shotgun street sweeper | 41 | ghost sweeper mikami | 17 |
rainbow sweeper | 40 | industrial sweeper | 16 |
blinx the time sweeper | 35 | lawn parker sweeper | 15 |
2.0 spy sweeper | 34 | blinx sweeper through time walk | 14 |
kirby sweeper | 33 | swiffer sweeper | 13 |
parking lot sweeper | 32 | road sweeper | 13 |
the chimney sweeper | 32 | oreck sweeper | 13 |
elgin sweeper | 31 | spyware sweeper | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "sweeper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | baanveër. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | makinë fshirëse, fshesar (scavenger, street sweeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كناس, مكنسة كهربائية (vacuum, vacuum cleaner), مكنسة صغيرة, مكنسة (besom, broom, mop), القشاش. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | уличен метач (orderly, scavenger, street sweeper), прислужник (attendant, house-boy, man, manservant, myrmidon, page, scout, servant, servitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 扫除机. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zametací vùz, metař. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fejemaskine (mechanical sweeper, road sweeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | veegmachine (mechanical sweeper, road sweeper), baanveger. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | glacibalaisto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سپور (Dustman, Scavenger), جاروکش , رفتگر (Dustman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vannauunin puhdistaja (furnace platform cleaner, sweeper-up), kadunlakaisija (street sweeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | balayeuse (mechanical sweeper, road sweeper), balayeur (sweep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | baanfager. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kehrmaschine (road sweeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθαριστήσ (cleaner, cleanser, purger, purifier, wiper), σκούπα με κινητήρα, σκούπα (besom, broom, brush), σκουπιδιάρησ (refuse collector, scavenger), σαρώτησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מטאטא (broom, brush), 'ורף ארובות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | utcaseprő gép, szőnyegseprű. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spazzatrice (mechanical sweeper, road sweeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スーパー受信機 (soup, souvenir, souvenir shop, Sufi, suite, superheterodyne receiver, superviser, sweep, sweet, sweet corn, sweet home, sweet melon, sweet pea, sweet potato, sweet spot, sweetheart, Swiss, Swissrama, switch, switchback, switch-hitter, switching, Switzerland). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スイーパー , スィーパー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 스위퍼. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | skeabeyder (brusher, carpet-sweeper, sweep), greie skeabee (sweeping machine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eepersway vassoura mecânica (mechanical sweeper, road sweeper). (various references) mãturãtor, mãturãtoare mecanicã, mãturãtoare, dragor (dredger), coşar (barn, chimney sweep). (various references) подметальщик. (various references) siabair (snatcher, wiper). (various references) čistač (cleaner, scourer). (various references) barrendero (scavenger, street sweeper). (various references) sopare. (various references) เครื่องปั"กวา", นักเล่นฟุตบอลตำแหน่งกองหลัง, คนปั"กวา". (various references) sokak süpürücü, mayın tarayıcı, halı temizleme makinesi, defans arkası oyuncu, çöpçü (dustman, garbage man, scavenger, streetcleaner). (various references) тральщик, шукач (bloodhound, finder, sleuth), підмітальник. (various references) người quét. (various references) ysgubwr (sweep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sweeper": sweepers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sweeper": minesweeper. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sweeper": minesweepers. (additional references) | |
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"Sweeper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sheepper, sweeped, swepe. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sweeper" (pronounced swē"per) |
| 3 | -ē" p er | beeper, cheaper, deeper, keeper, reaper, sleeper, steeper. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: weepers. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-p-r-s-w" | |
-1 letter: pewees, spewer, weeper. | |
-2 letters: epees, ewers, peers, perse, pewee, prees, prese, resee, resew, sewer, speer, spree, sweep, sweer, weeps. | |
-3 letters: epee, ewer, ewes, peer, pees, pews, pree, rees, reps, seep, seer, sere, spew, weep, weer, wees, were. | |
-4 letters: ere, ers, ewe, pee, per, pes, pew, ree, rep, res, see, ser, sew, wee. | |
-5 letters: er, es. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-p-r-s-w" | |
+1 letter: sweepers, sweepier. | |
+2 letters: pewterers, sleepwear. | |
+3 letters: presweeten, previewers, supersweet. | |
+4 letters: carpetweeds, crowkeepers, minesweeper, newspapered, presweetens, sleepwalker, winepresses. | |
+5 letters: empowerments, minesweepers, newspapermen, pieceworkers, presweetened, sleepwalkers, speechwriter, superpowered, whippletrees. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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