sweeper (noun)

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• sweeper — ► NOUN 1) a person or device that cleans by sweeping. 2) Soccer a player stationed behind the other defenders, free to defend at any point across the field …   English terms dictionary

• sweeper — noun Sweeper is used after these nouns: ↑carpet, ↑road, ↑street …   Collocations dictionary

• sweeper — noun (C) 1 someone or something that sweeps: a road sweeper 2 BrE a football player who plays in a position behind other defending players …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sweeper back — noun see sweeper II …   Useful english dictionary

• sweeper — noun Date: 15th century 1. one that sweeps 2. a lone back in soccer who plays between the line of the defenders and the goal …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sweeper — noun a) One who sweeps floors or chimneys b) A detector (for mines) …   Wiktionary

• sweeper — noun 1》 a person or device that cleans by sweeping. 2》 Soccer a player stationed behind the other defenders, free to defend at any point across the field …   English new terms dictionary

• sweeper — UK [ˈswiːpə(r)] / US [ˈswɪpər] noun [countable] Word forms sweeper : singular sweeper plural sweepers 1) a player in a football team who plays behind the players in defence 2) a person or machine that sweeps a place clean, especially a street I… …   English dictionary

• street sweeper — noun a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department) • Syn: ↑street cleaner • Hypernyms: ↑cleaner * * * noun see street cleaner * * * street sweeper noun A person who or machine that sweeps the s …   Useful english dictionary

• sweeper — sweep|er [ swipər ] noun count 1. ) a player on a soccer team who plays behind the players in defense 2. ) a person or machine that sweeps a place clean, especially a street: I eventually got a job as a road sweeper …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sweeper — /ˈswipə/ (say sweepuh) noun 1. someone or something that sweeps. 2. a train which stops at all stations; picker up. 3. Shearing someone who is employed to sweep up wool on the shearing shed floor. 4. Soccer a supporting player who intercepts… …