SWIFT

  1. (initialism) .  Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
  2. (initialism) .  Social Widget Information Filtering Technologies.
  3. Proper noun.  (surname, from Middle English) , originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.
  4. Adjective.  fast; quick; rapid.
  5. Adjective.  Capable of moving at high speeds.
  6. Noun.  (obsolete) The current of a stream.
  7. 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.
  8. Noun.  A western fence lizard, swift, blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis -- (common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks).
  9. Noun.  The ghost moth.

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