swipper

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

swipper (comparative more swipper, superlative most swipper)

1. (obsolete, Northern England, slang) nimble; quick

References

• “swipper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.