Definition of sweeper Sweeper

/swiˈpɚ/ - [sweeper] - sweep•er

We found 13 definitions of sweeper from 4 different sources.

What does sweeper mean?

Noun Plural: sweepers
sweeper - an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
		employee a worker who is hired to perform a job
sweeper - little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
		teleost, teleost fish, teleostan a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
sweeper - a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet
		carpet sweeper
		cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement any of a large class of implements used for cleaning

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sweeper (Noun)
One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
sweeper (Noun)
A detector.
sweeper (Noun)
A small, tropical marine perciform fish of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
sweeper (Noun)
A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
sweeper (Noun)
A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
sweeper (Noun)
A batsman who plays sweep shots.
sweeper (Noun)
A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
sweeper (Noun)
A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.

sweeper (n.)
One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.

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sweeper in sign language