noun
- small, fast-flying birds with long, narrow wings and short legs
Examples
- Swifts spend most of their lives in the air, rarely landing except to nest.
- The swifts returned to their nesting sites under the bridge eaves.
- We watched the swifts diving and swooping to catch insects.
- Chimney swifts build their nests inside old chimneys and hollow trees.
- The migration of swifts marks the changing seasons.
- Swifts can fly at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour.