onsweep

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒn.swiːp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.swip/, /ˈɔn.swip/

Noun

onsweep (plural onsweeps)

1. A rapid arrival, especially one that is forceful.
   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 13, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:

     The last bit of blue sky yielded to the onsweep of clouds.

Translations

A rapid arrival