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swift Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 happening or moving quickly or within a short time, especially in a smooth and easy way:
- The police took swift action against the rioters.
- Thank you for your swift reply.
- The gazelle is one of the swiftest and most graceful of animals.
1 a small bird with curved, pointed wings that can fly very fast
2 moving or able to move at great speed, or happening within a very short time; fast or quick:
- A swift current carried him downstream.
- Public reaction has been swift and negative.
3 abbreviation for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications: an electronic system used by banks and financial organizations around the world for sending payments to each other

The swifts, in elevated space, act as the river's foil.
The trees provide shelter and nesting sites for birds such as starlings, whitethroats, swifts and linnets.
Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
Many swifts have very long, swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang.
The most prominent of the species recorded are the species of waterfowl, wading birds, song birds, raptors, game birds, swifts and nighthawks and so forth.
Swifts are the masters of aerial feeding; they can fly for hours without perching.
Count estimates of 1,700 to 35,000 swifts have been reported.
They each do a series of sets, consisting of five quadrilles played at successively swifter tempos.