SW

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See also: sw, Sw, sŵ, Sw., św., and šw

English

Proper noun

SW

  1. Initialism of Star Wars.

Noun

SW (countable and uncountable, plural SWs)

  1. Initialism of southwest.
    • 1968, Joseph Earle Spencer, “Paoting”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 237, column 1:
      PAOTING (Ch’ing-Yüan, Tsingyuan), capital of Hopeh province, China, is 90 mi. (145 km.) S.W. of Peking on the Peking-Hankow railway.
  2. Initialism of search warrant.
  3. Initialism of sex work.
  4. Initialism of sex worker.
    Synonym: SWer
  5. (electronics) Initialism of short wave.
    Coordinate terms: MW, LW
  6. Initialism of social work.
  7. Abbreviation of software.
  8. Initialism of start weight.
    Coordinate terms: CW, GW, HW, LW, UGW
  9. Initialism of street workout.

Translations

Adjective

SW

  1. Initialism of southwestern.
  2. (in personal ads) Initialism of single white.

Verb

SW

  1. (handbells) Abbreviation of swing: to play the bell in a normal position, swing it down to the waist, then bring it back up

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Noun

SW

  1. Abbreviation of Südwest (“southwest”).
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