sloop

From Dutch sloep, from Middle Dutch sloepen (“to glide”).

• enPR: slo͞op, IPA^(key): /sluːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

A sloop

sloop (plural sloops)

1. (nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
   • 1789, Olaudah Equiano (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.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:

     Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.

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.

• Loops, OOPLs, loops, polos, pools, spool

• IPA^(key): /sloːp/

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• Rhymes: -oːp

From Middle Dutch slope, from Old Dutch *slōpa, from Proto-Germanic *slaupǭ.

sloop c (plural slopen, diminutive sloopje n)

1. pillowcase

• kussensloop

From slopen.

sloop m (uncountable)

1. demolition

sloop

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

• loops, los op, oplos, Pools