Meanings
nounsword swallower (plural sword swallowers)
plural sword swallowers
- A performer who performs sword swallowing
- slangvulgarA person who performs oral sex on a man.
Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels And without further notice, he asks you how it feels
1965, Bob Dylan, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, in Highway 61 Revisited
Translations
Afrikaans swaardslukker
- swaardslukkerperson who swallows swords
Catalan traga-sabres, draga-sabres
- traga-sabresperson who swallows swords
- draga-sabresperson who swallows swords
Danish sabelsluger
- sabelslugerperson who swallows swords
Dutch zwaardslikker
- zwaardslikkerperson who swallows swords
Finnish miekannielijä
- miekannielijäperson who swallows swords
French avaleur de sabre, avaleuse de sabre
- avaleur de sabreperson who swallows swords
- avaleuse de sabreperson who swallows swords
German Schwertschlucker, Schwertschluckerin
- Schwertschluckerperson who swallows swords
- Schwertschluckerinperson who swallows swords
Hungarian kardnyelő
- kardnyelőperson who swallows swords
Italian mangiatore di spade, mangiatrice di spade
- mangiatore di spadeperson who swallows swords
- mangiatrice di spadeperson who swallows swords
Norwegian Bokmål sverdsluker
- sverdslukerperson who swallows swords
Portuguese engolidor de espadas, engolidora de espadas
- engolidor de espadasperson who swallows swords
- engolidora de espadasperson who swallows swords
Russian шпагоглота́тель, шпагоглота́тельница
- шпагоглота́тель (špagoglotátelʹ)person who swallows swords
- шпагоглота́тельница (špagoglotátelʹnica)person who swallows swords
Swedish svärdslukare
- svärdslukareperson who swallows swords
Cite this entry
APA
sword swallower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sword%20swallower
MLA
“sword swallower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sword%20swallower. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sword swallower,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sword%20swallower.
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