sweeper

/ˈswipər/
/ˈswipə/
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Other forms: sweepers

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