sweeps

[ sweeps ]
/ swips /

noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

Slang. sweep2.

Definition for sweeps (2 of 3)

sweep 1
[ sweep ]
/ swip /

verb (used with object), swept, sweep·ing.

verb (used without object), swept, sweep·ing.

noun

Origin of sweep

1
1250–1300; Middle English swepen (v.); compare Old English geswēpa sweepings, derivative of swāpan to sweep (> obsolete English swope); cognate with German schweifen

OTHER WORDS FROM sweep

sweep·a·ble, adjective un·sweep·a·ble, adjective

Definition for sweeps (3 of 3)

sweep 2
[ sweep ]
/ swip /

noun Slang.

a sweepstakes.
Also sweeps.

Origin of sweep

2
by shortening

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British Dictionary definitions for sweeps

sweep
/ (swiːp) /

verb sweeps, sweeping or swept

noun

Derived forms of sweep

sweepy, adjective

Word Origin for sweep

C13 swepen; related to Old English swāpan, Old Norse sveipa; see swipe, swoop

Idioms and Phrases with sweeps

sweep