swallower
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- noun
- /ˈswɑːlə/
- 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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7.9
A person who eats too quickly and greedily
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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 food very quickly and greedily
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A person who eats 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.