1. Moving very fast
   "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"
   - fleet

1. A small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight 
2. Common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
   - western fence lizard, blue-belly, Sceloporus occidentalis

1. An English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
   - Jonathan Swift, Dean Swift 
2. United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railway cars (1839-1903)
   - Gustavus Franklin Swift

Derived forms: swifter, swifts, swiftest

See also: fast, swiftlet, swiftness

Type of: apodiform bird, fence lizard, ironist, meat packer, packer, ridiculer, satirist

Part of: Apodidae, family Apodidae

Encyclopedia: Swift Swift, Henry Swift, Minnesota

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