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sweeper

[ swee-per ]

noun

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


sweeper

/ ˈ²õ·É¾±Ë±èÉ™ /

noun

  1. a person employed to sweep, such as a roadsweeper
  2. any device for sweeping

    a carpet sweeper

  3. informal.
    soccer a player who supports the main defenders, as by intercepting loose balls, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of sweeper1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; sweep 1, -er 1
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It was only on Wednesday that he threw his signature sweeper in catch play for the first time.

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“Street sweepers, sanitation crews took all of the property and much of the garbage that was out there, and as of this morning, it remains clean,†Dyer said in early November.

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Stanton, on the other hand, can be more susceptible to sweepers, having slugged just .349 against the pitch — a specialty of several key Dodgers relievers — this season.

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“Manaea actually made a really good pitch with the backdoor sweeper,†said Andrew Friedman, the team’s president of baseball operations.

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But he executed a crucial three-pitch sequence against Jesse Winker, dotting a couple outer edge fastballs before snapping off a sweeper that Winker hit to left.

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