swift : Idioms & Phrases

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chimney swift

  • noun American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys
    Chateura pelagica; chimney swallow.
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crested swift

  • noun birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees
    crested swift.
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dean swift

  • noun an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
    Dean Swift; Swift.
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european swift

  • noun common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs
    Apus apus.
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gustavus franklin swift

  • noun United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)
    Swift.
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jonathan swift

  • noun an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
    Dean Swift; Swift.
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Palm swift

  • (Zoöl.), a small swift (Cypselus Btassiensis) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm.
Webster 1913

Spine-tailed swift

  • . (Zoöl.) See Spinetail (a).
Webster 1913

swift-footed

  • adjective satellite having rapidly moving feet
    fast-footed.
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Tree swift

  • noun birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees
    crested swift.
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  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of swifts of the genus Dendrochelidon which inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia.
Webster 1913