sweeper

/ˈswipər/

/ˈswipə/

Other forms: sweepers

Definitions of sweeper

1. noun

   an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
   type of:

   employee

   a worker who is hired to perform a job
2. noun

   a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet
   synonyms: carpet sweeper

   type of:

   cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement

   any of a large class of implements used for cleaning
3. noun

   little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
   type of:

   teleost, teleost fish, teleostan

   a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei