SWIFT
- (initialism) . Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
- (initialism) . Social Widget Information Filtering Technologies.
- Proper noun. (surname, from Middle English) , originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.
- Adjective. fast; quick; rapid.
- Adjective. Capable of moving at high speeds.
- Noun. (obsolete) The current of a stream.
- Noun. A small plain-colored bird (of the family Micropodidæ) that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. Common European swift: Cypselus, ∨ Micropus, apus. The common American, or chimney, swift: Chætura pelagica. The Australian swift: Chætura caudacuta. The European Alpine swift: Cypselus melba. The common Indian swift: Cypselus affinis.
- Noun. A western fence lizard, swift, blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis -- (common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks).
- Noun. The ghost moth.
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