sloop

[US]/sluːp/
[UK]/slup/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small sailing boat with a single mast and one sail.
Word Forms
Pluralsloops

Example Sentences

a sloop that had run foul of the submerged reef.

The Maxwells' boat was a beautiful old wooden sloop, yclept "True Love."

They heeled the sloop well over, skimming it along to windward.

In a thight situation, a sloop should try to outrun its enemy, using the ability to outmanoeuvre large vessels.

crewed for my sister on a sloop; a spacecraft that was crewed by a team of eight people.

The sloop sailed gracefully across the bay.

They decided to take the sloop out for a leisurely cruise.

The sloop's mast creaked in the strong wind.

The sloop was equipped with a new navigation system.

The crew worked together to raise the sloop's sails.

The sloop was anchored in the calm harbor.

She enjoyed painting the sloop against the sunset.

The sloop's hull was painted a bright red.

The sloop's crew consisted of experienced sailors.

They planned to race the sloop in the regatta.

Real-world Examples

Stuart glanced behind him. There came the sloop, boiling along fast, rolling up a bow wave and gaining steadily.

Source: Stuart Little

They boarded two sloops of war, the Compass and the Astrolabe, which were never seen again.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

" Well, then, " said Stuart, " I'll catch the sloop broad on, and rake her with fire from my forward gun."

Source: Stuart Little

My men were sent by an equal division into both the pirate ships, and my sloop new manned.

Source: Gulliver's Travels (Original Version)

" The sloop Anarchy, " wrote an ebullient journalist, " when last heard from was ashore on Union rocks." The First Election.

Source: American history

Over the pond the west wind blew, and into the teeth of the west wind sailed the sloops and schooners, their rails well down, their wet decks gleaming.

Source: Stuart Little

Second, second sentence, although initially entering into medicine Darwin pursue his interest in national science and embarked on a five-year journey aboard HMS Beagle—a British sloop belonging to the Royal Navy.

Source: TOEFL Reading Preparation Guide

" Well, " he said at length, pointing the prow of the Wasp out toward the center of the pond, " I'll tell you what I'll do with you. You see that big racing sloop out there? "

Source: Stuart Little

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