sweeps
[ sweeps ]
/ swips /
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
Slang.
sweep2.
Words nearby sweeps
sweepback,
sweeper,
sweeping,
sweeping score,
sweepings,
sweeps,
sweepstake,
sweepstakes,
sweepy,
sweer,
sweet
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, adjectiveDefinition for sweeps (3 of 3)
sweep
2
[ sweep ]
/ swip /
noun Slang.
a sweepstakes.
Also
sweeps.
Origin of sweep
2
by shortening
Example sentences from the Web for sweeps
British Dictionary definitions for sweeps
sweep
/ (swiːp) /
verb sweeps, sweeping or swept
noun
Derived forms of sweep
sweepy, adjectiveWord Origin for sweep
C13
swepen; related to Old English
swāpan, Old Norse
sveipa; see
swipe,
swoop
Idioms and Phrases with sweeps
sweep