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upsweep

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
up-sweep
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An upward sweep or curve.

noun

The upward motion of a swimmer's arm.

noun

A hairstyle where most of the hair is fastened into place at the top of the head.

noun

The unidentified sound detected on the American NOAA's equatorial autonomous hydrophone arrays, consisting of a long train of narrow-band upsweeping sounds of several seconds in duration.

verb

To sweep or curve upwards.

Etymology

From up- + sweep.

Inflected Forms

upsweeps (plural) upsweeps (present, singular) upsweeping (participle, present) upswept (participle, past) upswept (past)

Frequently Paired Words

downsweep insweep outsweep upswept

Questions

What does upsweep mean?
An upward sweep or curve.
Where does upsweep come from?
From up- + sweep.

How to pronounce upsweep

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