Phrase Hound found 64 phrases and 22 compound words that contain swallow. The most common are listed below. Open swallow in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 64
- hard to swallowDifficult to accept; hard to acquiesce to.
- barn swallowHirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
- welcome swallowA small passerine bird, taxonomic name Hirundo neoxena
- American cliff swallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota, a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae.
- blue swallowHirundo atrocaerulea, a species of swallow.
- red-rumped swallowCecropis daurica, a small passerine bird in the swallow family
- pill to swallowUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pill, swallow.
- swallow-tailed kiteAny of the species of kite native from southeastern North America through most of South America,Elanoides forficatus.
- swallow the dictionaryTo speak using long or obscure words.
- cave swallowA medium-sized, squarish-tailed swallow (Petrochelidon fulva).
- tree swallowA migratory swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, found in North America.
- bitter pill to swallowSomething unpleasant that must be accepted or endured.
- swallow upTo completely enclose or envelop.
- Chilean swallowA species of swallow Tachycineta leucopyga, native to southern South America.
- swallow the anchorTo leave the navy.
- sea swallowThe common tern (Sterna hirundo).
- violet-green swallowA small North American passerine bird, of species Tachycineta thalassina of the swallow family, having a green back and purple tail.
- swallow-wortA plant of any of several species of plants whose parts are traditionally fancied as resembling a swallow's tail:
- bank swallowA small American and European swallow (Riparia riparia) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank.
- cliff swallowAny of various birds in the genus Petrochelidon that nest in cliffs.
- swallow holeA sinkhole; a shakehole.
- swallow holesplural of swallow hole: A sinkhole; a shakehole.
- swallow-tailAlternative form of swallowtail: The forked tail of a swallow.
- pills to swallowplural of pill to swallow: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pill, swallow.
- chimney swallowbarn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Compound words 22
- swallowtailThe forked tail of a swallow.
- misswallowTo swallow incorrectly.
- swallowlingA young swallow.
- midswallowA point in time when someone is swallowing.
- preswallowBefore swallowing.
- reswallowTo swallow again.
- swallowabilityThe quality of being swallowable.
- swallowfishA tub gurnard or sapphirine gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna).
- swallowlikeResembling or characteristic of a swallow (the bird).
- swallowtailedHaving a forked tail like a swallow's.