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minesweep

minesweep verb: to sweep for mines.

Verb (1)

minesweep (third-person singular simple present minesweeps, present participle minesweeping, simple past and past participle mineswept or minesweeped)

  1. To sweep for mines.
  2. (UK, slang) To consume the unfinished drinks of other patrons.

Verb (2)

minesweep (third-person singular simple present minesweeps, present participle minesweeping, simple past and past participle mineswept or minesweeped)

  1. To click or hover the cursor over inconspicuous areas to find a hidden link.

Forms of minesweep

third-person singular presentminesweeps
present participleminesweeping
past participlemineswept
pastmineswept
past participleminesweeped
pastminesweeped

Origin of minesweep

Back-formation from minesweeper, equivalent to mine + sweep.

Back-formation from minesweeper, the name of a video game where users players blindly click to reveal numbers or mines without knowing for sure where anything is; equivalent to mine + sweep.

Questions about minesweep

What does minesweep mean?
Minesweep means to sweep for mines.
What part of speech is minesweep?
Minesweep is a verb.
What is the past tense of minesweep?
The past tense of minesweep is mineswept.

Words near minesweep in the dictionary

  1. minesites
  2. minestone
  3. minestones
  4. minestrone
  5. minestrones
  6. minesweep
  7. minesweeped
  8. minesweeper
  9. minesweepers
  10. minesweeping
  11. minesweepings

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