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comparative swifter, superlative swiftest
Fast; quick; rapid. quotations examples
Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided a swift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting.
2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport
Capable of moving at high speeds. examples
plural swifts
A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. examples
Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus. quotations examples
As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.
1965 March, Boys' Life, page 52
(entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
(entomology) Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies. quotations
Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7
(textiles) A light, collapsible reel used to hold a hank of yarn in order to wind off skeins or balls. examples
The main cylinder of a carding-machine. examples
(obsolete) The current of a stream.
comparative more swift, superlative most swift
(obsolete, poetic) Swiftly. quotations
Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene iii]
Ply swift and strong the oar.
1793, Robert Southey, Lord William