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swoopstake

swoopstake is the alternative form of sweepstake.

Meaning of sweepstake

Noun

sweepstake (plural sweepstakes)

  1. A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants.
  2. (US) A prize draw.

Adverb

swoopstake (not comparable)

  1. All at once, without making distinctions.
    • Is't writ in your revenge,
      That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe,
      Winner and loser?1623, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 4, scene 5

Forms of swoopstake

pluralswoopstakes

Origin of swoopstake

From swoop + stake. Compare sweepstake.

Questions about swoopstake

What does swoopstake mean?
Swoopstake means all at once, without making distinctions.
What is swoopstake the alternative form of?
Swoopstake is the alternative form of sweepstake.
What part of speech is swoopstake?
Swoopstake is an adverb.

Words near swoopstake in the dictionary

  1. swooping season
  2. swooping seasons
  3. swoopingly
  4. swoopings
  5. swoops
  6. swoopstake
  7. swoopstakes
  8. swoopy
  9. swoord
  10. swoorde
  11. swoose

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: swoopstake (page history and authors); sweepstake (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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