Definitions from Wiktionary (sweeper)

▸ noun:  One who sweeps.
▸ noun:  One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
▸ noun:  A detector for mines.
▸ noun:  Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
▸ noun:  (soccer) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
▸ noun:  (curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
▸ noun:  (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots.
▸ noun:  (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
▸ noun:  A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
▸ noun:  A carpet sweeper.
▸ noun:  (US, regional, including Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsylvania) A vacuum cleaner.
▸ noun:  (regional, including Cebu) A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
▸ noun:  (hiking) The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
▸ noun:  (video games) A character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.
▸ noun:  (motor racing, slang) A large-radius, or high/medium speed corner in a racing circuit, named as such because of the ability of someone to trace the corner profile via "sweeping" motion of the arm.
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