swipper
swipper · more swipper · most swipper
Nimble; quickNimble; quick
Meaning
1 senses(Northern England, obsolete, slang)Nimble; quick
Origin
From Middle English swiper (“agile, nimble”), from Old English swipor, ġeswipor (“astute,From Middle English swiper (“agile, nimble”), from Old English swipor, ġeswipor (“astute, cunning, shifty”), from Proto-West Germanic *swipr, from Proto-Germanic *swipraz (“quick, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swing, sway, swerve, wander”), equivalent to swipe + -er. See swoop.
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Forms
more swipper, most swipper| Comparative | more swipper Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most swipper Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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