What is a Sweeper?

Another word for a broom.

Depends on the context. Please continue.

A long turn or curve.

"1) One who sweeps floors or chimneys

2) A detector (for mines)

3) A small, tropical marine perciform fish of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.

4) (football) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper

5) (curling) A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.

6) (cricket) A batsman who plays sweep shots

7) (cricket) A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position "


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it s one of those big trucks that come along your street at five o clock in the morning making all that godawfull noise.

In soccer (or Futbol, you silly Europeans), it refers to the player that is essentially given free reign of the field , not restricted to any particular position, for their team. A sweeper can and will play both offense and defense for their team. When I played back in my teens, the sweeper was the one person on the team who was the most skilled, in both stamina and kick targeting.