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sweepy

/ˈswiːpi/

sweepy adjective: moving with a sweeping motion, or having a curving shape that suggests it.

Adjective

sweepy (comparative more sweepy or sweepier, superlative most sweepy or sweepiest)

  1. Moving with a sweeping motion, or having a curving shape that suggests it.
    • a sweepy log
    • The branches bend before their sweepy sway.1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

Noun

sweepy (plural sweepies)

  1. (Scotland, colloquial) A lottery generally held at a workplace, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins; a sweepstake, sweep.

Forms of sweepy

Adjective
comparativemore sweepy
comparativesweepier
superlativemost sweepy
superlativesweepiest
Noun
pluralsweepies

Origin of sweepy

From sweep + -y.

Words that rhyme with sweepy

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about sweepy

What does sweepy mean?
Sweepy means moving with a sweeping motion, or having a curving shape that suggests it.
What part of speech is sweepy?
Sweepy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sweepy?
Sweepy is pronounced /ˈswiːpi/.

Words near sweepy in the dictionary

  1. sweepstaker
  2. sweepstakers
  3. sweepstakes
  4. sweepwasher
  5. sweepwashers
  6. sweepy
  7. sweer
  8. swees
  9. sweese
  10. sweet
  11. sweet 13

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