sloop
(noun) a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat’s length aft of the bow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sloop (plural sloops)
(nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
(military) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
(military) A sloop-of-war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.
• Loops, OOPLs, loops, polos, pools, spool
Sloop (plural Sloops)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sloop is the 18918th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1443 individuals. Sloop is most common among White (96.26%) individuals.
• Loops, OOPLs, loops, polos, pools, spool
Source: Wiktionary
Sloop, n.Etym: [D. sloep, of uncertain origin. Cf. Shallop.] (Naut.)
Definition: A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix. Sloop of war, formerly, a vessel of war rigged either as a ship, brig, or schooner, and mounting from ten to thirty-two guns; now, any war vessel larger than a gunboat, and carrying guns on one deck only.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
