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Definition of swift noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

swift

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/swɪft/
 
/swɪft/
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  1. a small bird with long, narrow wings, similar to a swallowTopics Birdsc2
    Word OriginOld English (as an adjective), from the Germanic base of Old English swīfan ‘move in a course, sweep’. The bird name dates from the mid 17th cent.
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