swallower
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- noun
- /ˈswɑːlə/
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tragador
- The sword-swallower, I didn't recognize you.
- sword swallower
- fire swallowers
Examples
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As a trained swallower, she captivated the audience with her daring act.
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The experienced swallower managed to consume six swords in one performance.
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All right, Will the real sword swallower please step forward?
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I, I was thinking you can tell a lot about an audience by how they respond to a good sword-swallower.
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A sword-swallower?
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The champion toothbrush swallower was a Soviet psychiatric patient who downed 16 in 1984.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'm a sword-swallower.
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I'm the sword-swallower.
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She's the sword-swallower.
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They're swallowers, not biters.
Synonyms
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A person or animal that eats food to live
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A person or animal that eats a lot very quickly
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A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol very quickly
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A person or animal that swallows large amounts of food and drink quickly and greedily
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A person who eats too quickly and greedily
A person who eats quickly and greedily
A person who eats food very quickly and greedily
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Swallower comes from the verb swallow, which means 'to take something into the throat and stomach', plus the ending -er that means 'one who does something'. So a swallower is literally 'one who swallows', which is why we use it for a person or animal that eats or drinks something.