Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which swallows; specifically, a voracious fish, more fully called black swallower. See Chiasmodon (with cut).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who swallows; also, a glutton.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Agent noun of swallow; one who swallows.
  • noun vulgar, slang Someone who swallows semen at the end of an act of fellatio.

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Examples

  • They started out with Prickle-Eye Bush from their first recording, six years ago, and were joined on stage by a sword swallower, before treating Cold Blows the Wind to an arrangement that mixed jazzy swing from the brass section with edgy playing from the three fiddlers.

    Bellowhead/Baghdaddies – review 2011

  • His first day at the circus Red takes him around to meet all of the other side show attractions: midget couple Tom and Thelma Tiny, world's tallest woman Goliatha, sword swallower Excalibur, tattooed lady Paula Picasso, the Man Without a Face, and a few others like the woman with no limbs and some really fat lady.

    Movie: Side Show (1981) (TV) Zen Tiger 2010

  • He had an hour-long tirade using everything from Play-doh, livestock, loose leaf paper, a sword swallower, and a Ronald Reagan mannequin smoking a marijuana cigarette in opposition to Gaga.

    Bil Browning: Michael Steele Trying to Recruit Lady Gaga? 2010

  • I haven't been to a Ren Faire in ages, used to love the PA one out near Lancaster, best sword swallower ever.

    Turkey Legs and Corsets - Pink Raygun.com 2010

  • How about a book about a Chicago sword swallower who dies when he's accidentally shoved while swallowing his sword during a Tae Kwon Do tournament and comes back to haunt an Author's Conference?

    Meet Author Ophelia Julien! Scotti Cohn 2009

  • Traditional freaks challenged audiences 'notions of sexuality: the bearded lady was an early drag queen, contortionists challenged the mind to consider sexual impossibilities and the sword swallower spoke for itself, gentleman.

    Piper Weiss: What's So Freaky About a Pussycat Doll? 2008

  • Fire eater, sword swallower, escape artist, the guy who hammers the screwdriver into his nose: Lola and Doug loved it all.

    Lynn Harris: HuffPost Exclusive! Excerpt: Death By Chick Lit 2008

  • He is a sword swallower, bottle chewer and animal regurgitator.

    Oh, Oh, Oh, It's Magic! (Pushing Daisies 2.6) | The Disney Blog 2008

  • Each floor had several components of live artistry — from a man in burlesque drag modeling for a few fidgety painters on art horses (floor 5) to a sword swallower swallowing swords next to a student spraying water on his lineup of dwarfish clay figures (floor 2).

    In Tribeca Snowstorm, Parker Posey Makes Us Melt 2008

  • Each floor had several components of live artistry — from a man in burlesque drag modeling for a few fidgety painters on art horses (floor 5) to a sword swallower swallowing swords next to a student spraying water on his lineup of dwarfish clay figures (floor 2).

    In Tribeca Snowstorm, Parker Posey Makes Us Melt 2008

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  • It's a fish.

    January 2, 2012