swiftien.

Brit.

/ˈswɪfti/, U.S.

/ˈswɪfti/

Forms: Also swifty.

Etymology: < swift adj. + -y suffix⁶, -ie suffix.

1. A fast-moving person: a rapid runner, a quick thinker. Also ironically. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly

goera1586

fast-goera1628

seven-league boots1707

flyer1795

careerer1844

racehorse1854

pacer1878

spinner1881

running mate1891

wind-splitter1893

speedster1927

swiftie1945

fastie1983

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > one who is rapid or makes rapid progress

hasting1546

fire-eater1841

fast timer1881

rattler1886

sprinter1899

fast worker1917

swiftie1945

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] > one who or that which is slow

sloweOE

tarrier1382

sluggard1398

slugc1425

slugger1539

lingerer1579

snaila1593

slowcoach1828

slowpoke1847

go-slow1858

slowie1901

slow boat to China1919

swiftie1945

1945 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Feb. 9/1 Dan Ferris..says that the Swedish swiftie's provisional entry still is among the 36 hopefuls in the 3-mile run.

1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 170 Swifty, a derisive nickname for any particularly lugubrious and slow-moving man.

1969 N. Freeling Tsing-Boum xvii. 126 Make no mistake about those feminine nails: a swifty.

2. An act of deception, a trick or sleight; = roughie n. 3. Also in to pull a swiftie (cf. to pull a fast one at fast adj. Phrases 3, and pull v. 7a). Australian slang.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [phrase]

to blear the eyesc1325

to play mock-holiday with?1558

on a lock1598

to put the change upon (also on) (a person)1658

to play false1680

to draw (pull, spread) the wool over (a person's) eyes1839

to lead (a person) up the garden (path)1923

to pull a fastie1931

to take (someone) for a sleigh ride1931

to pull a swiftie1945

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device

wrenchc888

craftOE

turnc1225

ginc1275

play?a1300

enginec1300

wrenkc1325

forsetc1330

sleightc1340

knackc1369

cautel138.

subtletya1393

wilea1400

tramc1400

wrinkle1402

artc1405

policy?1406

subtilityc1410

subtiltyc1440

jeopardy1487

jouk1513

pawka1522

frask1524

false point?1528

conveyance1534

compass1540

fineness1546

far-fetch?a1562

stratagem1561

finesse1562

entrapping1564

convoyance1578

lift1592

imagine1594

agitation1600

subtleship1614

artifice1620

navation1628

wimple1638

rig1640

lapwing stratagem1676

feint1679

undercraft1691

fly-flap1726

management1736

fakement1811

old tricka1822

fake1829

trickeration1940

swiftie1945

shrewdie1961

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xv. 265 Swiftie..will..be heard in male conversation to describe a joke or trick that is either agreeable or disagreeable.

1953 ‘Caddie’ Sydney Barmaid 224 ‘You didn't work a swiftie on them, did you?’ I asked suspiciously. For I was already aware that Bill was collecting three doles for himself.

1962 R. Tullipan March into Morning 43 If these mugs hadn't pulled a swifty they wouldn't have been working for me at all.

1969 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 23 Mar. 28/4 Police..arrested him for his Sydney swiftie.

1976 Sydney Morning Herald 9 Apr. 6 The Queensland Premier..is now worried that the Federal Treasury may be trying to pull a swiftie.

Draft additions December 2005

British colloquial. An alcoholic drink, intended to be consumed quickly. Cf. swift half n. at swift adj. and adv. Additions, quickie n. 1b(a).

ΚΠ

1993 Herald (Glasgow) 18 Oct. (Sport section) 14/6 Thank you, too, Ken, president, for a wee swifty of the amber in the Airdrie Academy building where Strathclyde Region says you cannae have a drink at all.

1995 Loaded July 38/2 We went to..a themed bar..where..the world's Grade A celebs drop in for a swifty when they're out on the town.

2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 152 We cross over Percy Street and bowl into bar Oz so we can have a swiftie while we're deciding where to go.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	swiftie
释义	swiftien. Brit. /ˈswɪfti/, U.S. /ˈswɪfti/ Forms: Also swifty. Etymology: < swift adj. + -y suffix⁶, -ie suffix. 1. A fast-moving person: a rapid runner, a quick thinker. Also ironically. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly goera1586 fast-goera1628 seven-league boots1707 flyer1795 careerer1844 racehorse1854 pacer1878 spinner1881 running mate1891 wind-splitter1893 speedster1927 swiftie1945 fastie1983 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > one who is rapid or makes rapid progress hasting1546 fire-eater1841 fast timer1881 rattler1886 sprinter1899 fast worker1917 swiftie1945 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] > one who or that which is slow sloweOE tarrier1382 sluggard1398 slugc1425 slugger1539 lingerer1579 snaila1593 slowcoach1828 slowpoke1847 go-slow1858 slowie1901 slow boat to China1919 swiftie1945 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Feb. 9/1 Dan Ferris..says that the Swedish swiftie's provisional entry still is among the 36 hopefuls in the 3-mile run. 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 170 Swifty, a derisive nickname for any particularly lugubrious and slow-moving man. 1969 N. Freeling Tsing-Boum xvii. 126 Make no mistake about those feminine nails: a swifty. 2. An act of deception, a trick or sleight; = roughie n. 3. Also in to pull a swiftie (cf. to pull a fast one at fast adj. Phrases 3, and pull v. 7a). Australian slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [phrase] to blear the eyesc1325 to play mock-holiday with?1558 on a lock1598 to put the change upon (also on) (a person)1658 to play false1680 to draw (pull, spread) the wool over (a person's) eyes1839 to lead (a person) up the garden (path)1923 to pull a fastie1931 to take (someone) for a sleigh ride1931 to pull a swiftie1945 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device wrenchc888 craftOE turnc1225 ginc1275 play?a1300 enginec1300 wrenkc1325 forsetc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 cautel138. subtletya1393 wilea1400 tramc1400 wrinkle1402 artc1405 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 subtiltyc1440 jeopardy1487 jouk1513 pawka1522 frask1524 false point?1528 conveyance1534 compass1540 fineness1546 far-fetch?a1562 stratagem1561 finesse1562 entrapping1564 convoyance1578 lift1592 imagine1594 agitation1600 subtleship1614 artifice1620 navation1628 wimple1638 rig1640 lapwing stratagem1676 feint1679 undercraft1691 fly-flap1726 management1736 fakement1811 old tricka1822 fake1829 trickeration1940 swiftie1945 shrewdie1961 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xv. 265 Swiftie..will..be heard in male conversation to describe a joke or trick that is either agreeable or disagreeable. 1953 ‘Caddie’ Sydney Barmaid 224 ‘You didn't work a swiftie on them, did you?’ I asked suspiciously. For I was already aware that Bill was collecting three doles for himself. 1962 R. Tullipan March into Morning 43 If these mugs hadn't pulled a swifty they wouldn't have been working for me at all. 1969 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 23 Mar. 28/4 Police..arrested him for his Sydney swiftie. 1976 Sydney Morning Herald 9 Apr. 6 The Queensland Premier..is now worried that the Federal Treasury may be trying to pull a swiftie. Draft additions December 2005 British colloquial. An alcoholic drink, intended to be consumed quickly. Cf. swift half n. at swift adj. and adv. Additions, quickie n. 1b(a). ΚΠ 1993 Herald (Glasgow) 18 Oct. (Sport section) 14/6 Thank you, too, Ken, president, for a wee swifty of the amber in the Airdrie Academy building where Strathclyde Region says you cannae have a drink at all. 1995 Loaded July 38/2 We went to..a themed bar..where..the world's Grade A celebs drop in for a swifty when they're out on the town. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 152 We cross over Percy Street and bowl into bar Oz so we can have a swiftie while we're deciding where to go. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1945
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