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sloops

sloops is the plural of sloop.

Meaning of sloop

Noun

sloop (plural sloops)

  1. A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
    • 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.1789, Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa), The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
  2. 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.

See all 4 meanings of sloop

Proper noun capitalized: Sloops

Sloops

  1. (plural) plural of Sloop

Phrases with sloops

Questions about sloops

What is sloops the plural of?
Sloops is the plural of sloop.
What part of speech is sloops?
Sloops is a proper noun.

Words near sloops in the dictionary

  1. sloop
  2. sloop-of-war
  3. slooplike
  4. sloopman
  5. sloopmen
  6. sloops
  7. sloops-of-war
  8. sloos
  9. sloosh
  10. slooshed
  11. slooshes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sloops (page history and authors); Sloops (page history and authors); sloop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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