Definitions for sweeper

sweeper sweep·er

Spelling: [swee-per]
IPA: /ˈswi pər/

Sweeper is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in sweeper (eeeprsw).

Definitions for sweeper

noun

  1. a person or thing that sweeps.
  2. carpet sweeper.
  3. a janitor.
  4. any of several fishes of the family Pempherididae, of tropical and warm, temperate seas, having an oblong, compressed body.

Origin of sweeper

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at sweep1, -er1

Examples for sweeper

Ten minutes later the sweeper's signal whistle was repeated.

If you are only a sweeper, be glad that you were not born a pig or a cobra.

The tree was what in the voyageur's nomenclature is known as a "sweeper."

It was so still, not even a sweeper to break the blessed peace.

She no longer wants to be the cook, the mender, the sweeper of the house!

More oil than is needed only gathers dust and gums the sweeper.

Peter was a sweeper who was always on the look-out for an excuse.

A broom is best, because you cant get around the corners with a sweeper.

But you won't need a sweeper for the floor of the porch, Berta.

Though he has been a groom or a sweeper, he is buried like some great land-owner.

Word Value for sweeper
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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