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sloop
noun
ˈslüp 
: a fore-and-aft rigged boat with one mast and a single jib
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Richardson began transporting goods around the bay on a 15-ton sloop. 
Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 2022 The sleek, all-aluminum sloop is powered by a Caterpillar engine and can reach more than 14 knots at full tilt. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 July 2022 After a bit of a lull, Perini Navi is back with a groundbreaking new sloop. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 June 2022 Angell became an avid sportsman in his adopted hometown of Brooklin, Maine, where he could often be found sailing his sloop off the coast. Ira Kaufman, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022 In early 2017, it was loaded onto the sloop-of-war the U.S.S. Constellation, the last U.S. Navy sail-only warship, which was built in 1854 and is now a museum ship in Baltimore. Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 Kerry James Marshall overhauled Homer’s parts to make his own Gulf Stream (2003), in which the water is shark-free, the sloop is yar, and four Black figures relax between the boom and a boom box. Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2022 Who’d have thought an old-fashioned Dutch sloop would inspire such a modern-day trailblazer? Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2022 Think of it as a go-fast boat that’s as tranquil (and sustainable) as a classic sloop. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2021 See More
Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 2022 The sleek, all-aluminum sloop is powered by a Caterpillar engine and can reach more than 14 knots at full tilt. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 July 2022 After a bit of a lull, Perini Navi is back with a groundbreaking new sloop. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 June 2022 Angell became an avid sportsman in his adopted hometown of Brooklin, Maine, where he could often be found sailing his sloop off the coast. Ira Kaufman, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2022 In early 2017, it was loaded onto the sloop-of-war the U.S.S. Constellation, the last U.S. Navy sail-only warship, which was built in 1854 and is now a museum ship in Baltimore. Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 Kerry James Marshall overhauled Homer’s parts to make his own Gulf Stream (2003), in which the water is shark-free, the sloop is yar, and four Black figures relax between the boom and a boom box. Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2022 Who’d have thought an old-fashioned Dutch sloop would inspire such a modern-day trailblazer? Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2022 Think of it as a go-fast boat that’s as tranquil (and sustainable) as a classic sloop. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Dutch sloep
First Known Use
1629, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing sloop
Kids Definition
sloop
noun
ˈslüp
: a sailing boat with one mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail and jib
sloops
noun
as in schooners
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