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sloop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /sluːp/
• slo͞op

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sloep. Doublet of chalupa and shallop.

Meanings

1. A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
   • And where but from Nantucket, too, did that first adventurous little sloop put forth, partly laden with imported cobblestones—so goes the story—to throw at the whales, in order to discover when they were nigh enough to risk a harpoon from the bowsprit? 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 2, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 8:
   • 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.
   • Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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.

Forms

Deriveds

slooplike · Muscongus Bay sloop · masthead sloop · lobster sloop · Friendship sloop · sloop-of-war · sloopman

Descendants

luup · sloop · sluuppi · šalupa · slup · slúppa · slup · sloop · слуп · Schlup · Sloop · sloop · slupp · สลุบ · Slup · slupp · slup · šalupa · সুলুপ

Translations (35)

sk šalupa (single-masted sailboat) · bg платноходка (single-masted sailboat) · fr sloop (single-masted sailboat) · es balandra (single-masted sailboat) · th สลุบ (single-masted sailboat) · ca sloop (single-masted sailboat) · sl slup (single-masted sailboat) · uk шлюп (single-masted sailboat) · be шлюп (single-masted sailboat) · de Schaluppe (single-masted sailboat) · pl slup (single-masted sailboat) · fo slupp (single-masted sailboat) · et luup (single-masted sailboat) · da slup (single-masted sailboat) · cs šalupa (single-masted sailboat) · it sloop (single-masted sailboat) · pt chalupa (single-masted sailboat) · nb slupp (single-masted sailboat) · es chalupa (single-masted sailboat) · ca balandra (single-masted sailboat) · cmn 單桅帆船 /单桅帆船 (single-masted sailboat) · ka კანჯო (single-masted sailboat) · sh slup (single-masted sailboat) · fi sluuppi (single-masted sailboat) · sh слуп (single-masted sailboat) · vo jalup (single-masted sailboat) · io slupo (single-masted sailboat) · ja スループ (single-masted sailboat) · sv slup (single-masted sailboat) · nl sloep (single-masted sailboat) · tr slup (single-masted sailboat) · ru шлюп (single-masted sailboat) · nn slupp (single-masted sailboat) · de Slup (single-masted sailboat) · is slúppa (single-masted sailboat)