sloop

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Dutch sloep, from Middle Dutch slœpen (“‘to glide’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /slup/
• Other 1: (slo͞op)
• Other 2: slewp or just sloop

  Rhymes: -uːp

[edit] Noun

sloop (plural sloops)

1. (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one jib.
   • Year?, Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,

     I stayed in this island for a few days; I believe it could not be above a fortnight; when I and some few more slaves, that were not saleable amongst the rest, from very much fretting, were shipped off in a sloop for North America.

2. (military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
3. a sloop of war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: loops
• polos
• pools
• spool

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

sloop (plural slopen, diminutive sloopje, diminutive plural sloopjes) f./m. or n.

1. pillowcase

sloop (no plural, no diminutive) m.

1. demolition

[edit] Verb

sloop

1. first person singular present tense of slopen.
2. imperative singular of slopen.
3. singular past tense of sluipen.