SWIFT
What does "SWIFT" mean?
Moving or happening quickly; fast.
Meanings
- Moving with great speed; rapid. A swift current carried the canoe downstream.
- Happening or done quickly and without delay; prompt. The team made a swift response to the outage.
- A small fast-flying insect-eating bird that spends almost all its life on the wing. Swifts screamed in tight circles above the rooftops.
Did you know?
- The common swift can stay airborne for about ten months without landing - eating, mating, and even sleeping on the wing, a feat confirmed by tracking devices in 2016.
Word origin
From Old English 'swift' (moving quickly), related to 'swifan' (to move in a course, sweep), from a Proto-Germanic root for turning or swinging motion.
Remember it
SWIFT is so fast it doesn't waste a single extra letter - five and done.
A little poem
It never lands here-
ten months of sky in one bird,
sleep stitched into flight.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why don't swifts ever sit down to dinner? They prefer to eat on the fly.
What it teaches
True swiftness isn't hurry; it's never having to stop in the first place.
Quick facts
What does SWIFT mean?
Moving or happening quickly; fast.
Is SWIFT a valid word?
Yes — SWIFT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SWIFT?
SWIFT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SWIFT come from?
From Old English 'swift' (moving quickly), related to 'swifan' (to move in a course, sweep), from a Proto-Germanic root for turning or swinging motion.
What can SWIFT teach us?
True swiftness isn't hurry; it's never having to stop in the first place.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.